Explosives
Shells and explosives are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shells" instead a noun "Explosives".
Shells
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Both words in one sentence
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The Team Fortress Classic Engineer has EMP grenades, which detonate all of a foe's held shells and explosives.
Source: EMP - Chemical Energy weapons note ie, non-fragmenting explosives use explosives contained within shells or missiles.
Source: Arbitrary Maximum Range -
The Mobile Weapons from New Dominion also fire "atmospheric explosives", which don't actually explode themselves, but react with shells fired by other weapons nearby causing an epic explosion.
Source: Anime / Dominion Tank Police
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