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shellfire

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shell·fire  (shlfr)
n.
The shooting or exploding of artillery shells.
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Noun1.shellfire - shooting artillery shells
shooting, shot - the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"
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At the same time the commander of the artillery of the 1st Corps, General Pernetti, with thirty cannon of Campan's division and all the howitzers of Dessaix's and Friant's divisions, will move forward, open fire, and overwhelm with shellfire the enemy's battery, against which will operate:
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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