Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: shells

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Alexei Kulemzin accused Ukrainian forces of firing 163 shells and 20 rockets at the city on Wednesday alone, with a 13-year-old child among the injured.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65630018?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Also on display in Pune in western India — the country’s key defence manufacturing hub — were assault rifles, artillery shells and models of missiles.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/india-pitches-affordable-military-hardware-africa/

A small soda, half a Fenway Frank, and peanut shells.

Source: https://fansided.com/2023/04/06/red-sox-fans-yoshida-curse/

At another stand, a jewelry designer, perhaps with history in mind, had worked cowrie shells — used as money on West Africa’s coast as early as the 14th century, historians say — into attractive necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and earrings.

Source: https://www.philasun.com/local/germantowns-juneteenth-festival-draws-eager-crowds-arouses-mixed-emotions/

Breakfast on the Island on this day once had to consist of flitters - or ‘limpets’ - cooked in their own shells in the embers of the fire on the beach.

Source: https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/a-quintessentially-manx-easter-tradition/

Broken bits of shells found in a cave in South Africa have given researchers the earliest evidence for prehistoric people roasting and eating snails.

Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2366118-ancient-humans-may-have-cooked-and-eaten-snails-170000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

But during the long days and months, he has become familiar with a range of traumatic injuries: explosive weapons such as landmines, artillery shells and grenades frequently harm many parts of the body at the same time.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/may/17/ukrainian-trauma-surgeon-operates-on-soldiers-all-day-long-amid-russias-war/

But even with higher near-term production rates, the US cannot replenish its stockpile or catch up to the usage pace in Ukraine, where officials estimate that the Ukrainian military is firing 6,000 to 8,000 shells per day.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ukraine-invasion-unprepared-long-war-us-army-under-gun-make-more-ammo-3437986?cid=cna_flip_070214

Casey Harper with cleaned oyster shells in biodegradable bags, to be used in oyster cages and reef balls to create new oyster habitat in the San Francisco Bay.

Source: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/07/12/oysters-san-francisco-bay-oakland-jack-london-restoration

Dayseaday Fresh B.V. - The company offers fish and seafood products such as Black tiger shrimp without head, Filo shrimps, and Vannamei headless with shells.

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fish-and-seafood-market-size-in-romania-to-grow-by-usd-191-03-million-between-2022-and-2027-growth-driven-by-rising-awareness-about-the-benefits-of-seafood-consumption---technavio-301791958.html

Debris lay scattered inside the shells of homes and on lawns: clothing, insulation, toys, splintered furniture, a pick-up truck with its windows shattered.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23429046.dozens-dead-tornadoes-tear-path-us-south-midwest/?ref=rss

Destroyed two Merkava tanks with Al-Yassin 105 shells in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-2023/starvation-disease-and-bombs-are-israels-weapons-in-gaza/

Earlier this week, some 18 countries signed an agreement to supply the war-torn country with at least one million artillery shells over the next year.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65077687?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Excellent swimmers and weighing up to one kilogramme (2.2 pounds), they eat almost everything, while their sharp, blue-tinted claws are particularly adept at prying open clam shells.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/world/italys-clam-farmers-fear-blue-crab-invasion/

Feeding the seagulls bread and giving the chipmunks sunflower seed and peanuts in the shells by the bowl full was a pleasure for him to watch.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/25/obituaryroger-p-averill-2/

For Early Canada goose season, hunters are allowed to use shotguns capable of holding more than three shells.

Source: https://smnewsnet.com/archives/524533/maryland-migratory-game-bird-hunting-seasons-for-2023-2024/

For most of the 1000 or so pre-war residents of the village the priority was getting to safety as the Russians sought to obliterate Moschun with a relentless bombardment of rockets and shells.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23251552.david-pratt-ukraines-war-without-end-rumbles/?ref=rss