Synonyms for shelling
shelling

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1. barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shellingnoun

   the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

   "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"

   Synonyms:
   barrage fire, barrage, outpouring, stamp battery, electric battery, bombardment, onslaught, assault and battery, battery, bombing

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1. List of paraphrases for "shelling":

   bombardment, bombing, bombardments, bombings, bombarding, bombed, bombarded, strikes, strike, shelled, shellings

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1. Sonja Wild:

   Our study shows that the foraging behavior' shelling' — where dolphins trap fish inside empty seashells — spreads through social learning among close associates.

2. Natig Musayev:

   Since the very first day, Armenians bombarded our homes, schools, kindergartensand more than 30 peaceful people were killed as a result, and hundreds are wounded, but despite artillery shelling by the enemy and casualties among civilians, there is no panic among us, these are our lands, and we will not leave under no circumstances.

3. Maral Abdullayeva:

   We are very afraid as shooting from rocket launchers and shelling has not stopped since the ceasefire, our school was destroyed on April 4. It has been partly restored since then, but the kids are still afraid to go out.

4. Anis Othman:

   Balls of fire are falling over our heads amid the screams of children and women, why all that shelling? There are no weapons or fighters here. They (the rebels) want to terrorize us and drive us out. This is only rancor and hate.

5. Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia:

   The cities of Deraa and Sweida, as well as residential areas that have embraced de-escalation, are being subjected to shelling by jihadis.