Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling (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"
Verb
S: (v) blast, shell (use explosives on) "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
S: (v) blast, shell (create by using explosives) "blast a passage through the mountain"
S: (v) shell (fall out of the pod or husk) "The corn shelled"
S: (v) shell (hit the pitches of hard and regularly) "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
S: (v) shell (look for and collect shells by the seashore)
S: (v) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict) "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
S: (v) shell (remove from its shell or outer covering) "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"