shellfire

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shellfire

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From shell + fire.

noun shellfires

uncountable, usually Artillery bombardment. We were pinned down by shellfire. If the artillery hadn't run out of shells to shoot at us we would have been wiped out.

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@misc{shellfire_2026,
  title = {shellfire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shellfire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}