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fusillade

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fu·sil·lade  (fys-läd, -ld, -z-, fys-läd, -ld, -z-)
n.
1. A discharge from a number of firearms, fired simultaneously or in rapid succession.
2. A rapid outburst or barrage: a fusillade of insults.
tr.v. fu·sil·lad·ed, fu·sil·lad·ing, fu·sil·lades
To attack with a fusillade.

[French, from fusiller, to shoot, from fusil, firearm; see fusil.]

fusillade [ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd -ˈlɑːd]
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a simultaneous or rapid continual discharge of firearms
2. a sudden outburst, as of criticism
vb
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to attack with a fusillade
[from French, from fusiller to shoot; see fusil1]

Fusillade simultaneous discharge of firearms.
Examples: fusillade of bullets; of personalities, 1884; of swearing, 1881; of terror, 1863.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fusilladefusillade - rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
Verb1.fusillade - attack with fusillade
fire, discharge - cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"

fusillade
noun barrage, fire, burst, hail, volley, outburst, salvo, broadside Both were killed in a fusillade of bullets.
Translations
fusillade [ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd] N (lit) → descarga f cerrada (fig) → lluvia f
fusillade [ˌfjuːzəˈlɑːd ˌfjuːzəˈleɪd] n
[shots] → fusillade f
(fig) [questions] → feu m roulant
fusillade
nSalve f
fusillade [ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd] nscarica, raffica (fig) → raffica
fusillade [ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd] nscarica, raffica (fig) → raffica


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The twenty men marched straight toward the barrier, but from behind the beams, from among the wagon-wheels and from the heights of the rocks a terrible fusillade burst forth and at the same time Planchet's halberdiers appeared at the corner of the Cemetery of the Innocents, and Louvieres's bourgeois at the corner of the Rue de la Monnaie.
Our warriors then rushed up to the roofs of the buildings which we occupied and followed the retreating armada with a continuous fusillade of deadly fire.
I was even afraid that that last fusillade I had heard might mean the extermination of our invaders from Mars.
 
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