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shellfire

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Artillery bombardment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • We were pinned down by shellfire. If the artillery hadn't run out of shells to shoot at us we would have been wiped out.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

shooting artillery shells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shooting, shot

History

Etymology

From shell + fire.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: артилерийски огън (artilerijski ogǎn) — artillery bombardment
  • Finnish: tykistötuli — artillery bombardment
  • Irish: lámhach sliogán — artillery bombardment