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fusillade
[ fyoo-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh- ]
noun
- a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
- a general discharge or outpouring of anything:
a fusillade of questions.
verb (used with object)
- to attack or shoot by a fusillade.
fusillade
/ -ˈlɑːd; ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd /
noun
- a simultaneous or rapid continual discharge of firearms
- a sudden outburst, as of criticism
verb
- tr to attack with a fusillade
Word History and Origins
Origin of fusillade1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fusillade1
Example Sentences
Nonetheless, the truck gunning in reverse was enough to trigger a fusillade of 19 bullets from McCormick and Phillips, who said they feared for each other’s lives.
They can expect a fusillade of incoming from Gillibrand and her colleagues.
During the whole day there was an incessant fusillade, the rebelsʼ chief stronghold being the Recoleto Convent.
Off to the left had sounded a series of sharp explosions, as a fusillade of rifle shots.
They had not long to wait; a sharp fusillade began, mingled with the cries and yells of the assailants.
Just ahead the rioters had turned to pour a fusillade of fifty shots into a house from which a revolver shot had been fired.
They saluted the dawn with a noisy fusillade that ran along the miles of winding line.
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