"shell" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The attack met with initial success, until a stray British shell destroyed the bridge.
- A shell destroyed what was left of our shelter, and sent us all rolling along the floor.
- On May 3, 1917, an incendiary shell destroyed the town hall and a large part of the collections.
- Three shells destroyed the bridge, killing four merchant cadets and a cabin boy.
- He managed to fire three salvos before a shell destroyed the gun director, disabling his equipment.
- The women hid in the darkened basement of a local factory, listening as the shells overhead destroyed their homes.
- At 17:30, shells struck the forward 15 cm gun turrets and destroyed them both.
- And if they stayed in the trenches, eventually the shells would destroy them.
- The first shell to strike Winslow destroyed both her steam and manual steering gear.
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