"star shell" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 260",
          "text": "Twilight deepened, and a flicker of star-shells wavered in the sky beyond Béthune.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 5",
          "text": "The sky flickered with the flash of guns, and an occasional star-shell flooded their path with light.",
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        {
          "ref": "1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 351",
          "text": "To deprive the enemy of any advantage they might gain at night, he had star shells which could light up the entire countryside.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc."
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          "military",
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        [
          "shell",
          "shell"
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        [
          "star",
          "star"
        ],
        [
          "illuminating",
          "illuminating"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "star-shell"
        },
        {
          "word": "starshell"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
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  "word": "star shell"
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        "en:Military"
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        {
          "ref": "1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 260",
          "text": "Twilight deepened, and a flicker of star-shells wavered in the sky beyond Béthune.",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "The sky flickered with the flash of guns, and an occasional star-shell flooded their path with light.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 351",
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        "A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc."
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          "military"
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          "shell",
          "shell"
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          "star",
          "star"
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          "illuminating",
          "illuminating"
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        "(military) A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
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  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "star-shell"
    },
    {
      "word": "starshell"
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  ],
  "word": "star shell"
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