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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.
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What is Collective noun for fusillade?
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.
Use fusillade in a sentence?
I had to finish my testfusillade before the bell rung.
What word means a large number of guns firing at once?
A fusillade, volley or barrage. (Volley is used primarily with missiles, and barragewith cannon, but both can mean gunfire as well.)
Is bone wars a common noun or a proper noun?
Proper noun
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"night" is a noun
What is Collective noun for fusillade?
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.
What is a collective noun for a number of gunshots fired at once?
A group of gunshots could be a volley, or a fusillade.
How did StSebastian die?
A fusillade of arrows-
What is a rapid series of gunshots?
fusillade
What is a group of bullets?
Bullets identify new procedures and services added to CPT.
What is rapid gun fire called?
fusillade
What is the name of a number of gunshots fried at once?
A fusillade.
What is a nine letter word for burst of gunfire?
fusillade
How do you say Brazil shooting kills 13 in French?
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'.
What are fusillades?
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
What does the word merciless fusillade?
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.
What does the word merciless fusillade mean?
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.
