A fusillade is a burst of gunfire (from the French fusil, a rifle). Merciless means without mercy. So a merciless fusillade is a burst of gunfire without mercy. Clearly there is some metonymy (It is actually the gunners who are without mercy, not the gunfire) or personification (the human quality of mercilessness is attributed to the gunfire) going on here.
You cannot have a collective noun for a single event. A fusillade is the term for many firearms discharging at the same time. This is a single event. Multiple fusillades plus single discharges could be considered a barrage.
"The fusillade caught them by surprise"
i.e., the rapid fire caught them by surprise.
The word fusillade is a noun, a singular, common noun. A fusillade is a series of shots fired simultaneously or in quick succession or something that gives the effect of a fusillade.
a fussilade of guns!
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You cannot have a collective noun for a single event. A fusillade is the term for many firearms discharging at the same time. This is a single event. Multiple fusillades plus single discharges could be considered a barrage.
I had to finish my testfusillade before the bell rung.
A fusillade, volley or barrage. (Volley is used primarily with missiles, and barragewith cannon, but both can mean gunfire as well.)
Proper noun
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing; a proper noun is also any noun used as a name or a title. Examples:common noun: womanproper noun: Mariecommon noun: cityproper noun: Chicagocommon noun: building, appleproper noun: Empire State Building, The Big Applecommon abstract noun: treasureproper noun: Treasure Islandcommon abstract noun: loveproper noun: We Found Love (Rihanna)
You cannot have a collective noun for a single event. A fusillade is the term for many firearms discharging at the same time. This is a single event. Multiple fusillades plus single discharges could be considered a barrage.
A group of gunshots could be a volley, or a fusillade.
A fusillade of arrows-
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Bullets identify new procedures and services added to CPT.
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A fusillade.
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Treize personnes sont tuées dans une fusillade au Brésil. Newspapers headlines may read 'Brésil : treize personnes tuées dans une fusillade' or 'treize morts dans une fusillade au Brésil'.
According to Merriam Webster's:fusillade; Pronunciation: : \ˈfyü-sə-ˌläd, -ˌlād, ˌfyü-sə-ˈ, -zə-\ ; Function: : noun ; Etymology: : French, from fusillerto shoot, from fusil ; Date: : 1801 1 a: a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession b:something that gives the effect of a fusillade 2: a spirited outburst especially of criticism
A fusillade is a burst of gunfire (from the French fusil, a rifle). Merciless means without mercy. So a merciless fusillade is a burst of gunfire without mercy. Clearly there is some metonymy (It is actually the gunners who are without mercy, not the gunfire) or personification (the human quality of mercilessness is attributed to the gunfire) going on here.
A fusillade is a burst of gunfire (from the French fusil, a rifle). Merciless means without mercy. So a merciless fusillade is a burst of gunfire without mercy. Clearly there is some metonymy (It is actually the gunners who are without mercy, not the gunfire) or personification (the human quality of mercilessness is attributed to the gunfire) going on here.