shelling

IPA: ʃˈɛɫɪŋ

An artillery bombardment.
The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
(uncountable) Grain from which the husk has been removed.
(topology) An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)
Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.

Examples of "shelling" in Sentences

We experienced a heavy shelling from the German artillery.
The Federals were engaged up to the 15th ult. in shelling Fort Moultrie from Morris
The vessels which had been engaged in shelling the woods previous to the landing of the troops then moved in the direction of
Mary managed to get her mother and children to safety at the home of a friend named Church, despite heavy shelling from the French, which ...
SATURDAY, JULY 6: The Rockies concede that they made a huge mistake in shelling out $175.3 million to starters Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle.
The ordeal of Paris has been renewed by shelling from the German long-distance gun, the last and most sensational of German surprise-packets.
Army sources said that the shelling is “a legitimate step to remove am immediate threat to Israel from Gaza”, Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported.
Hopefully we will not be repeating this excercise again - shelling out millions of tax dollars to essentially accomplish nothing of lasting significance.
I would assume the IDF warned them, probably repeatedly, that Hezbollah had taken up position around them and that they would begin shelling to dislodge them.
Obama and the far-left nuts just don't seem to get it that most Americans aren't interested in shelling out a trillion bucks a year on something 80% of the population doesn't think is that big a problem.