shelling
Removing outer husks
Shelling is the act of bombarding a place with artillery fire or explosives: The city endured relentless shelling for weeks.
Separately, shelling means removing the outer covering from nuts, peas, or shellfish: We spent the afternoon shelling pecans on the porch.
The context—warfare or kitchen—makes the meaning clear.
Sustained projectile assault
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
cannon · salvo · volley · cannonade · ordnance · munitions · projectiles · explosives
bombardment
Sustained projectile assault
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
howitzer · cannon · salvo · volley · cannonade · ordnance · munitions · projectiles · explosives · airstrike
harvesting
Gathering mature crops
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
grain · corn · wheat · rice · oats · barley · legumes · beans · lentils · processing
seashells
Empty mollusk exoskeletons
conch · cowrie · scallop · clam · oyster · mussel · cockle · whelk · nautilus · abalone
- Isonzo Fronttrench warfare, mountain warfare, mountain troops, Asiago, Diaz
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- food prepchopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, peeling
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- beach activitiesbeach volleyball, beach soccer, beach walks, beach party, bonfire
shellingdefense
Protection against harm
defending · fortification · protection · sheltering · retreat
shellingrifle fire
Shots from long guns
sniper fire · hand-to-hand combat · close combat · precision strike · surgical strike
- shelling outSpending money, often reluctantly
- heavy shelling
- shelling peas