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high-explosive shell in British English (ˌhaɪɪkˈspləʊsɪv ʃɛl) nouna shell containing high explosive Examples of 'high-explosive shell' in a sentencehigh-explosive shell The possibility that at any moment the performance might be interrupted by a high-explosive shell did not appear to disturb the khaki audience.Then the valley was filled with high-explosive shells, varied by occasional shrapnel.High-explosive shells packed with shrapnel did even worse, causing nearly two-thirds of troops' deaths.He had its range and opened fire, only to receive an immediate retaliation from the enemy's fixed-charge high-explosive shells.What otherwise would have been absolute silence was broken by terrific detonations of high explosive shells.The unprecedented number of casualties and the dreadful wounds caused by high-explosive shells seriously stretched the medical services. |