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. Oksana Miraevska:

   When they started shelling us, then in general life changed. I live in the basement, we go there for the night. We have been sleeping there for a month now, i don't think the enemy should be underestimated.

2. Soheib Masri:

   There is a new movement of Aleppo residents towards the other provinces, towards the coast, i am thinking of getting my family out because there is great fear. The shelling today isn't like before ... they've got rockets that go further.

3. Leon Cizelj:

   Random shelling can not really destroy this, it would be really improbable.

4. Maroofa Bibi:

   When the shelling starts, we rush to cower in the makeshift basements of our home, the power supply gets cut and we wait in the darkness with our terrified children, waiting for it be over.

5. Sergey Kislyak:

   We were telling them, 'Start talking to your people. Stop shelling. Start talking,'.