Synonyms for shelling
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An artillery bombardment.
Forms
- Plural
- shellings → bombardments, barrages, batteries…
Example sentences
- battery Sami spent sixty dollars on getting a new battery.
- barrage We've recently received a barrage of complaints.
- bombardment Nothing would escape a Chinese bombardment in Taiwan.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| shelling | rising | |
| battery | steady | |
| barrage | rising | |
| bombardment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- battery3, barrage2
- 11 letters
- bombardment3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (battery3 = 3 syllables).