shellings
Removing outer husks
Shellings are instances of bombarding a place with artillery or explosives.
The word typically appears in news coverage of military conflicts: Shellings have intensified along the border.
A shelling can also refer to removing shells from nuts or shellfish, though this sense rarely takes the plural.
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- cannonadeSustained artillery fire
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
rockets · missiles · projectiles · ammunition · ordnance · explosives · volleys · salvos
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
howitzer · rockets · missiles · projectiles · ammunition · ordnance · explosives · volleys · salvos · batteries
peas
Edible pod seeds
seeds · pods · kernels · hulls · casings · husks · pistachios · peanuts · walnuts · almonds
shellingsencasings
Acts of surrounding completely
coverings · wrappings · sheathing · encapsulations · protections
shellingsceasefires
Negotiated combat suspensions
truces · armistices · peace · peacekeeping · demilitarizations
- shelling outSpending money, often reluctantly
- heavy shelling
- shelling peas