Thesaurus results for SHELLED

shelled

verb

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past tense of shell

as in peeled

to remove the natural covering of shelling peanuts

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as in bombed

to use bombs or artillery against the enemy shelled the city for days without letup

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Recent Examples of shelled Their diet likely included fish, shelled cephalopods and clams — prey that required both strength and precision to capture and consume. —

Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026 Their diet likely included sizable fish, shelled cephalopods and clams. —

Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 Their diet likely included large fish, shelled cephalopods and clams. —

Ryan Brennan april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026 Paul Skenes clamps down after a first-inning homer, and Washington’s bullpen gets shelled in a 16-5 defeat. —

Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shelled

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Long before Richard Gadd peeled back a layer of his psyche with Baby Reindeer, his Emmy-winning Netflix show, the story for his new limited series Half Man, now airing on HBO, lived in his head.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
From there, everyone rows imua (forward), keeping eyes peeled for sea turtles, sea urchin, and on a really good day in January or February, a mama whale and her baby.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026