"shellfire" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shellfires [plural]
Etymology: shell + fire Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shell|fire}} shell + fire Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} shellfire (usually uncountable, plural shellfires)
  1. Artillery bombardment. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: shell (english: military weapon sense) Translations (artillery bombardment): артилерийски огън (artilerijski ogǎn) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tykistötuli (Finnish), lámhach sliogán [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-shellfire-en-noun-jBwjiHEv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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