Defense
Defense noun - Means or method of defending.
Shelling
Shelling noun - The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.
Both words in one sentence
- Plus, while missiles and rockets have trouble against tenar sensors, artillery is practically invisible to them, meaning the Posleen have no defense against artillery shelling from behind the fixed defenses.
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In Stalingrad, the German unit assaulting the apartment building can't break the stubborn Russian defense—until a squad of panzers show up and start shelling the Russian position inside the building.
Source: Tank Goodness
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