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Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile Fired from a large gun |
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The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals |
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Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
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The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts |
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The exterior covering of a bird's egg |
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A rigid covering that envelops an object The satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice |
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A very light narrow racing boat |
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The housing or outer covering of something The clock has a walnut case |
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A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
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The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |
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Use explosives on The enemy has been shelling us all day |
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Create by using explosives Blast a passage through the mountain |
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Fall out of the pod or husk The corn shelled |
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Hit the pitches of hard and regularly He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning |
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Look for and collect shells by the seashore |
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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 |
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Remove from its shell or outer covering Shell the legumes Shell mussels |
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Remove the husks from Husk corn |
noun | ammunition, ammo |
noun | animal material
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noun | carapace, cuticle, exoskeleton |
noun | hull |
noun | eggshell, covering, natural covering, cover |
noun | covering, natural covering, cover |
noun | racing shell, racing boat
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noun | case, casing, housing |
noun | plate, scale, shield |
noun | covering, natural covering, cover |
verb | blast, bombard, bomb |
verb | emerge |
verb | hit |
verb | gather |
verb | beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish, get the better of, overcome, defeat |
verb | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
verb | husk, remove, take, take away, withdraw |