explosive shell

collocation in English

meaningsofexplosiveandshell

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explosive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspləʊ.sɪv/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.sɪv/
exploding or able to ...
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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 ofexplosiveandshellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What is the maximum thickness of armour necessary to keep out the highexplosiveshell?
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It should be possible to build shelters quite cheaply to give protection against the ordinary highexplosiveshell.
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Its designers are fashioning it as near to the shape of a highexplosiveshellas they can get it.
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Every ex-service man and soldier knows that the narrow communication trench is one of the best safeguards, at least against the highexplosiveshell, and certainly against gas.
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I know, of course, that not even these methods will suffice in the case of a direct hit from a highexplosiveshellof great magnitude.
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It fired a 61.7lbkg 1explosiveshellwith velocity of 1529ft/s m/s.
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This armor was practically immune to both the round cast-iron cannonballs then in use and to the recently developedexplosiveshell.
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In the 19th century, the development of theexplosiveshellchanged the nature of defensive fortifications.
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They fired a 22lb kg highexplosiveshellat a muzzle velocity of 2625ft/s m/s.
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This booster is powerful enough to detonate the main charge in a highexplosiveshellor the ejecting charge in a carrier shell.
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It fired a 61.7lbkg 1explosiveshellthat had a muzzle velocity of 1529ft/s m/s.
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Combat experience showed that a more powerfulexplosiveshellwas preferable to a higher projectile velocity.
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