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shellfire

[ UK /ʃˈɛlfa‍ɪ‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. shooting artillery shells

How To Use shellfire In A Sentence

  • Shellfire damaged the brickwork of the ziggurat at Ur, which was constructed in 2100 B.C.
  • The two-day truce collapsed in intense shellfire.
  • It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire against this dismal backcloth. DISPLACED PERSON
  • For many of the British the battle resembled Mons: determined infantry assaults prepared by heavy shellfire, met with accurate rifle fire.
  • It was some weeks now since they had had any respite from shellfire against this dismal backcloth. DISPLACED PERSON
  • He and his mates were bogged down on the beach at Anzio for three months, living ‘like moles’ under constant German shellfire: ‘Our only shelter were holes we dug for ourselves in the beach.’
  • It was German shellfire instantly killing all the men in the bath.
  • I went over a level-crossing on a motorbike, under shellfire from a tank. MOONDROP TO MURDER
  • For many of the British the battle resembled Mons: determined infantry assaults prepared by heavy shellfire, met with accurate rifle fire.
  • Not visible on the surface are the miles of tunnels, dug deep enough to offer protection from the incessant shellfire, where visitors can retrace the steps of soldiers moving up to the front, ready to go ‘over the top’.
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