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star shell
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star shell
n.
An artillery shell that explodes in midair with a shower of lights, used for illumination and signaling.
star shell
n
(Military) an artillery shell containing a flare or other illuminant: often containing a parachute to prolong the descent of the illuminating material
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Noun1.star shell - an artillery shell containing an illuminant
flare, flash - a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
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ELIOT, Maine, USA -- According to some historians, the 1905 Russo-Japanese War was the first truly modern war, involving as it did both the telegraph and the telephone, along with machine guns, barbed wire, illuminating star shells, mine fields, advanced torpedoes, and armored battleships.
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But few children now pester neighbours for wood, nor the pennies to buy the rockets, Catherine wheels and star shells that are part of any half decent fireworks display.
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Many residents came out to watch as star shells burst in the blue sky.
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