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ˈshell·fire N no pl

shellfire

Geschützfeuer nt

shellfire

Granatenbeschuss m

to come under heavy shellfire

unter schweren Beschuss geraten

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to come under heavy shellfire

unter schweren Beschuss geraten

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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They marched and countermarched beneath the hill for two days under intermittent shellfire. en.wikipedia.org

She sank 12,996 tons of enemy shipping, excluding two 75-ton sampans sunk by shellfire. en.wikipedia.org

Because of its losses, 1/6th was not involved in the unsuccessful attacks over the next two days, but it suffered badly from retaliatory shellfire. en.wikipedia.org

It was to move on caterpillar tracks to enable it to cross ground broken up by shellfire and trenches. en.wikipedia.org

Their speed and agility enabled some ships to dodge shellfire completely before launching torpedoes. en.wikipedia.org

She avoided damage herself, despite being straddled by shellfire on one occasion. en.wikipedia.org

During the attack, she was hit approximately eight times by shellfire, though did not suffer fatal damage. en.wikipedia.org

The front pontoon was internally divided into eight separate compartments to minimize the effects of damage from flooding and shellfire. en.wikipedia.org

It had been badly damaged by shellfire, but was empty. en.wikipedia.org

There was no sign of the enemy and thick stands of grain indicated terrain only lightly damaged by shellfire, promising good going for cavalry. en.wikipedia.org

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