"shelling" in the noun sense

1. barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling

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"

"shelling" in the verb sense

1. blast, shell

use explosives on

"The enemy has been shelling us all day"

2. blast, shell

create by using explosives

"blast a passage through the mountain"

3. shell

fall out of the pod or husk

"The corn shelled"

4. shell

hit the pitches of hard and regularly

"He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"

5. shell

look for and collect shells by the seashore

6. beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"

"We beat the competition"

"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

7. shell

remove from its shell or outer covering

"shell the legumes"

"shell mussels"

8. husk, shell

remove the husks from

"husk corn"

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