Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A discharge from a number of firearms, fired simultaneously or in rapid succession.
- noun A rapid outburst or barrage.
- transitive verb To attack with a fusillade.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A simultaneous or continuous discharge of musketry: sometimes used figuratively.
- To attack or shoot down by a fusillade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
- transitive verb To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
simultaneous firing of a number offirearms - noun by extension a
rapid outburst - verb to fire, or attack with, a fusillade
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb attack with fusillade
- noun rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Then, from lower down to the right, there came a fusillade from the English lines suddenly breaking out, and after a few minutes as suddenly stopping again.
Michael 1903
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But the only casualty of the fusillade was a little white goat who happened to be standing idly by, just in the wrong spot.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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But the only casualty of the fusillade was a little white goat who happened to be standing idly by, just in the wrong spot.
Streets of Laredo Larry McMurtry 1993
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In their body language and their rulings, the justices often make it clear that they are happier when the target of their fusillade is a familiar face.
Latest Articles 2009
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The last words of the speaker were nearly drowned in a heavy fusillade which issued from the woods close by.
Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee John Esten Cooke 1858
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PARIS— Boeing Co. continues to study the future of its best-selling, 737 single-aisle airplane as European rival Airbus prepares to announce at this week's Paris Air Show a fusillade of orders for a revamped version of its competing A320 jet.
Boeing Continues to Assess 737 Redesign Peter Sanders 2011
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Pakistani Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, the Army chief of staff, prefers the training to the fusillade of missile strikes in the tribal areas from pilotless U.S. drones.
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To his amazement, the target opens his eyes after the fusillade and discovers he is still alive.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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The fusillade of 7.62mm rounds chewed the three jihadis to pieces.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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All it took was one open-ended question about Android to unleash a fusillade of anti-Google invective.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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