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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: fusillade, salvo, volley, burst] v
1: attack with fusillade

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from fusiller to 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 <a fusillade of rocks and bottles> 2. a spirited outburst especially of criticism

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a continuous discharge of firearms. b a wholesale execution by this means. 2 a sustained outburst of criticism etc. --v.tr. 1 assault (a place) by a fusillade. 2 shoot down (persons) with a fusillade. Etymology: F f. fusiller shoot

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fusillade Fu"sil*lade", n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See Fusil a firelock.] (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fusillade Fu"sil*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fusillader; p. pr. & vb. n. Fusillading.] To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A fusillade of shots or objects is a large number of them fired or thrown at the same time. (FORMAL) Both were killed in a fusillade of bullets fired at close range. N-SING: usu N of n

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