DICTOMETER

SHELLING

1. Synonyms:
   • Barrage
   • Barrage fire
   • Battery
   • Bombardment
   • Shelling
   Definitions:
   • the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
   Examples:
   • They laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
   • The shelling went on for hours without pausing
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Blast
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • use explosives on
   Examples:
   • The enemy has been shelling us all day
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Blast
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • create by using explosives
   Examples:
   • Blast a passage through the mountain
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • fall out of the pod or husk
   Examples:
   • The corn shelled
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • hit the pitches of hard and regularly
   Examples:
   • He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • look for and collect shells by the seashore
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Beat
   • Beat out
   • Crush
   • Shell
   • Trounce
   • Vanquish
   Definitions:
   • come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
   Examples:
   • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
   • We beat the competition
   • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • remove from its shell or outer covering
   Examples:
   • Shell the legumes
   • Shell mussels
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Husk
   • Shell
   Definitions:
   • remove the husks from
   Examples:
   • Husk corn