"shellfire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shellfires [plural]
Etymology: From 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)

Inflected forms

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