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Hellfire vs Shellfire - What's the difference?

hellfire | shellfire |

As nouns the difference between hellfire and shellfire

is that hellfire is the fire of Hell while shellfire is artillery bombardment.

hellfire

English

Alternative forms

* Sometimes capitalized, hyphenated, or both: Hellfire', '''hell-fire''', ' Hell-fire

Noun

  • (uncountable) the fire of Hell
  • (uncountable) fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell
  • (countable) a fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity

    • See also

    * fire and brimstone * purgatory

    shellfire

    English

    Noun

    (shellfires)
  • Artillery bombardment.
  • :We were pinned down by shellfire . If the artillery hadn't run out of shells to shoot at us we would have been wiped out.

    • See also

    * shell (military weapon sense)

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