artillery shell

collocation in English

meaningsofartilleryandshell

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artillery
noun[U]
uk
/ɑːˈtɪl.ər.i/us
/ɑːrˈtɪl.ɚ.i/
very large guns that are moved on wheels or metal tracks, or the part of the army that ...
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shell
noun
uk
/ʃel/us
/ʃel/
the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and ...
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(Definition ofartilleryandshellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He referred specifically to the 155 mmartilleryshelland the 8 in shell.
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His last question was about the nuclearartilleryshell.
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My father—a very law-abiding man—had as his doorstop anartilleryshell.
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Signallers, or spotters, watched where eachartilleryshelllanded, then sent back aiming corrections so that the next shells could hit their targets more accurately.
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Oneartilleryshellhad landed in a civilian area.
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This gives it protection against 7.62 mm small arms fire and smallartilleryshellfragments.
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In the more serious of the two incidents, one of his soldiers exploded a 12-poundartilleryshellunderneath his cot.
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While at work he witnessed a man accidentally drop a navalartilleryshelltwo feet onto the wooden pier but there was no detonation.
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He was buried alive by an explodingartilleryshelland partially lost his sense of hearing.
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He was mortally wounded by anartilleryshellexploding overhead and died at 2 a.m. the following day.
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Modern artillery fuzes can generally be used with any appropriateartilleryshell, including naval ones.
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A high-explosiveartilleryshellwith significantly longer range was introduced in 1921, but not put into regular use.
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His car is hit by anartilleryshell, the driver dies immediately.
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