Associations to the word «Shelling»
Noun
- Position
- Un
- Steamer
- Explosion
- Reinforcement
- Cease
- Sunk
- Bomb
- Observatory
- Strait
- Fort
- Army
- Drone
- Fighter
- Kosovo
- Installation
- Afternoon
- Incident
- Landing
- Wounded
- Patrol
- Bosnia
- Taiwan
- Henderson
- Mosque
- Strike
- Communist
- Dive
- Violation
- Baba
- Rifle
- Harbor
- Nations
- Kernel
- Soldier
- Toll
- Village
- Sri
- Shortage
- Ahmad
- Nut
- Retreat
- Observer
- Dover
- Marine
- Rape
- Airfield
- Invasion
- Bomber
- Shipping
- Shore
- Defence
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SHELLING, verb. Present participle of shell
SHELLING, noun. An artillery bombardment.
SHELLING, noun. The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
SHELLING, noun. (uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed.
SHELLING, noun. (topology) An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)
SHELLING, noun. Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.
Dictionary definition
SHELLING, noun. 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".
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