The shelling went on for hours without pausing.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : We spent the whole morning shelling while the tide was out.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : One could not penetrate his shell. ,After the fire, only the shell of the school was left.    From Dictionary.com. 

The Federals were engaged up to the 15th ult. in shelling Fort Moultrie from Morris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference

The vessels which had been engaged in shelling the woods previous to the landing of the troops then moved in the direction of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foreign and Colonial Intelligence] Reference

The shelling was the worst he had seen in eight weeks of war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turmoil and Triumph] Reference

UK PM calls shelling of U. N.'s main aid HQ compound in Gaza "indefensible".    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the shelling one of the "gravest incidents".    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the shelling one of the ȁC;gravest incidentsȁD.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference

He later reported to the UN there was a "possibility" that the shelling was a war crime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Oh, all sorts, but the shelling is the worst, and one o 'them beastly airyale torpedoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Action Front] Reference

Removing the kernels from the pods is generally referred to as shelling or “decorticating”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

Amongst the latest casualties as a result of the shelling were a mother and her three children.    From Wordnik.com.  [UN calls for 'safety zones' across Somalia] Reference

A lot of the people who are paying say they're not happy about the idea of shelling out more money.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBS 11 / TXA 21 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports] Reference

Israel's defense minister called the shelling "a grave mistake," according to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who is in Jerusalem.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 15, 2009] Reference

Rabin took them seriously, concerned that the shelling was a prelude to an amphibious landing that could outflank advancing Israeli troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference

Even though there were no casualties in the motar "shelling".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference

(With maize, the term "shelling" is usually used in place of "threshing".).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 11] Reference

Pre - and post-milling operations, such as shelling, drying and sifting are not included.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

Britain had a great strategy of "shelling" Germany, and then rushing them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

“Our only concerns were the daily raids by the Japanese bombers and some shelling from the Japanese fleet,” Able Company’s Sgt.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Do-or-Die Men] Reference

The shelling was his revenge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Barnsdall-Rio Grande Service Station] Reference

"shelling", literally speaking, from this blogger.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Brick in the Wall] Reference

By every measure, parents are shelling out record amounts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Power of No] Reference

U.N. sources say there was no military reason for the shelling.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Quiet, For Now, On Bosnia's Northern Front] Reference

But a night shelling shatters his bedroom window and his pacifism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarajevo In The Cross Hairs] Reference

Seven bundled-up 6-year-olds braved the cold and shelling to attend.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Don't Know How We Manage'] Reference

One of the wounded men had already lost a leg from an earlier shelling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Counting The Living] Reference

There has been continued shelling of our cities, especially a city called Siderot.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Different View] Reference

I'm not accusing AT&T of trying to manipulate its share price to avoid shelling out extra cash for MediaOne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why At&T Is Feeding Ducks] Reference

The water wasn't safe either: at the beach I saw tots dressed in flotation belts and water wings — for shelling along the shore.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Protect Kids From Everything But Fear] Reference

To compete in cutting-edge science and technology fields, for instance, universities are shelling out millions for research facilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tuition: Why It Costs So Much] Reference