Pound and Shell

Pound

Pound verb - To move heavily or clumsily.

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Shell and pound are semantically related in bombard topic. In some cases you can use "Shell" instead a verb "Pound".

Nearby Words: pounded, pounding, poundage, pounder

Shell verb - To use bombs or artillery against.

Usage example: the enemy shelled the city for days without letup

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Pound and shell are semantically related in bombard topic. Sometimes you can use "Pound" instead a verb "Shell".

Nearby Words: shelling, shelled

human	human pound	human shell
single	single pound	single shell
heavy	heavy pound	heavy shell
massive	massive pound	massive shell
Other adjectives: big, new, last.

Similarly with Alex, Lynch, Nagata, two old veterans and a small Japanese officer carrying a 1,900-pound HC shell.

Source: Film / Battleship
Born Lucky: Before the Civil War, someone tried to assassinate Braxton Bragg by detonating a twelve-pound artillery shell under his cot.

Source: Useful Notes / The American Civil War
However, the White Plains managed to hit the Chokai's exposed torpedo launcher with one shell, setting off eight 1000-pound warheads which disabled the Chokai's engines.

Source: Cherry Tapping

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