fusillade

(fyū'sə-läd', -lād', -zə-, fyū'sə-läd', -lād', -zə-)
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., -lad·ed, -lad·ing, -lades.
To attack with a fusillade.

[French, from fusiller, to shoot, from fusil, firearm. See fusil.]

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noun

A concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows: barrage, bombardment, burst, cannonade, hail¹, salvo, shower, storm, volley. See attack/defend.

verb

To direct a barrage at: barrage, bombard, cannonade, pepper, shower. See attack/defend.

[ܒfyōōsǝܖläd; -ܖlād]

ˈfyōōsǝܖläd; -ܖlād n. a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession: marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles.

v. archaic

attack (a place) or shoot down (someone) by a series of shots fired at the same time or in quick succession.

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IN BRIEF: A number of shots fired at the same time or rapidly one right after another.

During the Civil War reenactment, a fusillade of shots were fired at the enemy line.

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See words rhyming with "fusillade."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - geværsalve, geværild
v. tr. - beskyde kraftigt med geværild

Nederlands (Dutch)
salvo, fusillade (ook figuurlijk), beschieten, fusilleren

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) fusillade, (fig) avalanche
v. tr. - fusiller

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gewehrsalve
v. - füsilieren, beschießen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τουφεκίδι
v. - βάλλω εναντίον με τουφέκια

Italiano (Italian)
fucilare, salva

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saraivada (f)
v. - atacar com fogo cerrado

Русский (Russian)
ружейный огонь, обстреливать

Español (Spanish)
n. - descarga de fusilería, fusilamiento, tiroteo
v. tr. - fusilar, tirotear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gevärseld
v. - beskjuta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
枪炮的齐射, 连续射击, 猛射, 齐射

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 槍炮的齊射, 連續射擊, 猛射
v. tr. - 齊射

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (총)일제사격
v. tr. - ~에 일제 사격을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一斉射撃, 連発

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وابل , سيل (فعل) يهاجم , يصرع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מטח-אש, מטר-אש, התפרצות של ביקורת‬
v. tr. - ‮הרג במטח-אש‬

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