Meaning & use
shelled
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having had its outer shell removed, or, as a verb, attacked with artillery shells.
See it in a sentence
The recipe calls for a cup of shelled walnuts.
The town was shelled relentlessly during the siege.
A note on using this word
Its two senses come from different nouns: the culinary 'shell' of a nut or egg, and the military 'shell' fired from artillery.
Words with a similar meaning
hulledbombarded
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Words with an opposite meaning
unshelled
Another way to use it
2. verb
attacked with a barrage of artillery fire.
Enemy positions were shelled throughout the night.
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