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Meanings of heavy shelling in English

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Usage of heavy shelling in English
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It brought to mind a World War I battlefield after heavy shelling.
A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
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Street fighting and heavy shelling have torn through Aden for several days.
Reuters
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In southern Syria, the Observatory reported heavy shelling in the Damascus countryside.
Reuters
4
Towards evening a general engagement took place, and there was very heavy shelling.
With The Immortal Seventh Division
5
He commenced with a heavy shelling of our batteries-thislasted for some hours.
The Glory of the Trenches
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But Russia said Tskhinvali had come under heavy shelling on Monday from Georgian positions.
The Irish Times
7
The port has come under heavy shelling from pro-Gaddafi forces.
Reuters
8
We left the château very suddenly, owing to heavy shelling.
With The Immortal Seventh Division
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Fighting that erupted at their border involved tanks and heavy shelling and left hundreds dead.
The Irish Times
10
Overnight, there was heavy shelling of Ukrainian government positions in the port city of Mariupol.
Radio NZ
11
There has been heavy shelling around the main rebel city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
BBC
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We might have had a cigarette an hour during the heavy shelling of the day.
Private Peat
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He was beaten, stupid, as a man pinned down too long under a heavy shelling.
Key Out of Time
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But Russia, and Reuters witnesses, said Tskhinvali had come under heavy shelling on Monday from Georgian positions.
Reuters
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The shell fire had died down, though our artillery was still giving the Germans a heavy shelling.
Into the Jaws of Death
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Meanwhile, heavy shelling has rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine today.
Radio NZ
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