drumfire

drum·fire

 (drŭm′fīr′)

n.

1. Heavy, continuous gunfire: a barrage of drumfire.

2. Something likened to continuous gunfire: a drumfire of criticism.

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drumfire

(ˈdrʌmˌfaɪə)

n

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) heavy, rapid, and continuous gunfire, the sound of which resembles rapid drumbeats

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drum•fire

(ˈdrʌmˌfaɪ^ər)

n.

gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.

[1915–20]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

drumfire - intense and continuous artillery fire cannonade artillery fire, cannon fire - fire delivered by artillery

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