shelling

Meanings

Plural: shellings

Noun

• the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
  • "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
• An artillery bombardment.
• The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
• Grain from which the husk has been removed.
• 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)
• Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.

Verb

• use explosives on
  • "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
• create by using explosives
• fall out of the pod or husk
• hit the pitches of hard and regularly
• look for and collect shells by the seashore
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
• remove from its shell or outer covering
• remove the husks from
• present participle and gerund of shell

Synonyms

barrage, barrage fire, battery, beat, beat out, blast, bombardment, crush, husk, shell, trounce, vanquish