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 June, local media reported that five Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones had attacked construction workers distributing building materials to residents whose homes had been damaged by shelling. — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026 This weekend's shows fell during the ceasefire, but the company plans to perform next weekend as usual, even as local officials warn that Russian forces have brought in more weapons and personnel and some residents expect shelling to intensify. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026 Sudan Doctors Network, another group that tracks violence, gave a lower death toll and said that the attack was from shelling. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Napoli were camped inside their own penalty area, tortoise-shelling, daring Arsenal to batter their way through. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Mansouri was subjected to Israeli shelling earlier this week, according to Lebanon’s state news agency. — Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Pass the time shelling on its pristine beaches or swimming in the sparkling waters. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 July 2026 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

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And if your bag is cracked, peeling, or otherwise damaged, replace it rather than risk pieces of the material getting into your food.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2026
This was the photographer’s equivalent of peeling potatoes on KP duty.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

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Trump, of course, has spent much of the past year engaging in conflict with the Islamic Republic, bombing it repeatedly, in coördination with the Israelis, while piling on economic and political pressure.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
Russia has been bombing Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, forcing Ukraine to rely increasingly on river ports on the Danube and shipping routes close to the coasts of NATO members Bulgaria and Romania.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026