Tanks could crush wire, but shells couldn't smash it aside.

The back of the top of his head looked like a shell three inches across had smashed its way out of it from the inside.

Four other shells smashed straight into the second floor of the palace.

Again and again shells smashed into the cliff.

Actually, it was only seconds before the shells lost their velocity and either smashed against the walls or spun into the depths of the chamber.

A shell smashed into Florida's galley as another exploded near her port gangway.

The 106 recoilless blasted in fire; the shell smashed against the stout gates of the villa.

Daily, cannonballs and mortar shells smashed against the castle's walls.

A shell had smashed through his right leg below the knee, but Cabrillo experienced no pain.

When Jack fired, the shell smashed through the truck's grille into the engine compartment.