1. The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
   "the shelling went on for hours without pausing";
   - barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment

1. Use explosives on
   "The enemy has been shelling us all day";
   - blast
    
2. Create by using explosives
   "The military shelled a path through the mountain";
   - blast
    
3. Remove from its shell or outer covering
   "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
    
4. Remove the husks from
   "shell corn";
   - husk
    
5. Fall out of the pod or husk
   "The corn shelled"
    
6. Hit the pitches of hard and regularly
   "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
    
7. Look for and collect shells by the seashore
   "The children spent the afternoon shelling on the beach"
    
8. [US] Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; defeat thoroughly
   "Our team shelled the opposition";
   - beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish

Derived forms: shellings

Type of: bomb, bombard, create, emerge, exceed, fire, firing, gather, hit, make, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, remove, surmount, surpass, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Shelling, Chris