What is the meaning of shelling?

noun

• The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.
  • usage: "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
  • synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment

verb

• Use explosives on.
  • usage: "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
  • synonyms: blast, shell
• Create by using explosives.
  • usage: "blast a passage through the mountain"
  • synonyms: blast, shell
• Fall out of the pod or husk.
  • usage: "The corn shelled"
  • synonyms: shell
• Hit the pitches of hard and regularly.
  • usage: "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
  • synonyms: shell
• Look for and collect shells by the seashore.
  • synonyms: shell
• Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.
  • usage: "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
  • synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Remove from its shell or outer covering.
  • usage: "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
  • synonyms: shell
• Remove the husks from.
  • usage: "husk corn"
  • synonyms: husk, shell