Shells Synonyms and Antonyms

Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. vanquishes
  2. shucks
  3. trounces
  4. crushes
  5. strips
  6. beats
Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scales
  2. pods
  3. husks
  4. crusts
  5. cases
  6. shields
  7. testae
  8. plates
  9. thecae
  10. tests
  11. skins
  12. shucks
  13. shards
  14. rockets
  15. putamina
  16. frames
  17. cuticles
  18. defeats
  19. cowries
  20. nuts
  21. capsules
  22. bombs
  23. boats
  24. armors
  25. projectiles
  26. exteriors
  27. coverings
  28. bullets
The housing or outer covering of something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cases
  2. tests
Antonyms:
  1. middles
  2. centers
  3. insides
  4. interiors
Create by using explosives
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. blasts
An explosive projectile
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. projectiles

Shells Sentence Examples

  • Tortoise shells are my absolute favorites.

  • The shells and kernels are then separated in a winnowing machine.

  • For a long time these shells or hulls, as they are called, were burned at oil mills for fuel, 22 tons being held equal to a cord of wood, and 43 tons to a ton of coal.

  • In round numbers one-third of their effectives had fallen - most of them in the first great rush forward at 5.30 p.m.; but actually they had been more or less under fire since about 2 p.m., and many were hit by French shells plunging into the turmoil about St Privat from 8 to 10 p.m.

  • But the remainder of the troops had to be withdrawn, and confusion breaking out in their rear, exposed to all the random bullets and shells of the French, a panic ensued, thousands of men breaking away and flying in wildest confusion through Gravelotte towards the west.

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