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star shell

noun

  1. a shell that bursts in the air and produces a bright light to illuminate enemy positions.


star shell

noun

  1. an artillery shell containing a flare or other illuminant: often containing a parachute to prolong the descent of the illuminating material
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of star shell1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

One of your duties, boys, will be to keep your flashlamps going after the star shell has dimmed.

Minutes pass, and below us gleams the fading loveliness of a star-shell.

I made myself known, but the two men moved off and fired a star-shell in my direction.

A star shell burst overhead, and a German sniper, seizing the chance of a lifetime, put in four rounds rapid fire.

The star shell had died out but he could see the blimp silhouetted against the sky.

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