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 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 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 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

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Lowden details peeling back the layers of River and why the character ends up in a much more hopeful place as the show heads into its sixth season.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
But the $16 million project faced immediate problems, including peeling blue sealant and a fierce return of green algae.

— Matthew Daly, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

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For decades, advocates of bombing Iran argued that such an attack might be messy but would ultimately remove the Iranian threat.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
The government has intensified firefighting efforts across Sumatra and Borneo islands, deploying more than 35 aircraft including water-bombing helicopters and patrol airplanes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of bombing

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Rather than having dog kennels lined up across from each other like in traditional shelters, the New Leash on Life design will have kennels on one side facing a hallway to reduce barking and stress.

— Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
She was awakened in the middle of the night by her barking dog and the sound of a woman screaming in the street.

— City News Service, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026