shelling English

Meaning shelling meaning

What does shelling mean?

shelling

— noun (= barrage) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops the shelling went on for hours without pausing

Synonyms shelling synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shelling?

shelling English » English

peeling

bombardment

hulling

barrage

skinning

scaling

husking

firing

fire

bombing

bombarding

battery

barrage fire

artillery fire

zone fire

stripping

shell fire

mail bombing

hull

gunfire

drumfire

decortication of shells

decorticate

cleaning

clean-up

cannonade

bombings

blitz