Thesaurus results for SHELLING

shelling

verb

present participle of shell

as in peeling

to remove the natural covering of shelling peanuts

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as in bombing

to use bombs or artillery against the enemy shelled the city for days without letup

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Recent Examples of shelling In a new report, NPR's Anas Baba and Aya Batrawy document what daily life looks like for families trapped between expanding military zones, with shelling at night, gunfire by day and nowhere safe to go. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 July 2026 Despite a fragile ceasefire reached in October that paused the heaviest fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group, Israel continues to carry out near daily strikes and shelling across the coastal enclave. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 In eastern Ukraine, Orthodox parishes that are not part of the Russian Orthodox faith have been damaged or destroyed due to shelling from Russian missiles. — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, a peacekeeping mission, said Thursday that a Serbian peacekeeper was killed and two others were wounded when shelling hit their base in the country's southeast the previous night. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 4 June 2026 The weather and the moon also affect shelling. — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026 But on March 4, hours before the evacuation was announced, the Russians started shelling the depot. — James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 The general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said that Russia broke an Easter ceasefire with shelling last month, and the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of doing the same. — F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 4 May 2026 There was a time when Saudi was shelling big bucks on major cultural projects and institutions. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 May 2026

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On the day Al-Zaharnah monitored the excavation, the crews were working at a painfully slow pace, peeling back the pancaked layers of the building one by one.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
But shortly after the work finished, peeling paint and algae gathered in the water.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 9 July 2026

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This could include sniffing around more than usual or barking and growling at odd places like piles of leaves.

— Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
My high-octane mutt was leaping around the patio table and barking excitedly while my neighbors huddled together over their steaks.

— Deborah Mower, The Conversation, 2 July 2026