Usually means: Illuminating flare used by military.
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  1. star shell: Merriam-Webster
  2. star shell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. star shell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. star shell: Collins English Dictionary
  5. star shell: Vocabulary.com
  6. star-shell: Wordnik
  7. star shell: Wiktionary
  8. star shell: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. star shell: Dictionary.com
  10. Star shell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. star shell: Rhymezone
  12. star shell: FreeDictionary.org
  13. star shell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. star shell: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. star shell: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (star shell)

▸ noun:  (military) A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc.

Similar:
star, shellburst, starburst, shooter, morning star, crackling microstar, shelling, skyrocket, starfall, bombshell, more...

Opposite:
black hole, dark matter, void

Types:
parachute flare, signal flare, star cluster, more...

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Similar:
star, shellburst, starburst, shooter, morning star, crackling microstar, shelling, skyrocket, starfall, bombshell, more...

Opposite:
black hole, dark matter, void

Types:
parachute flare, signal flare, star cluster, more...



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