fusillade
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fusillade
- /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/ US
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”).
noun fusillades
- The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
- A rapid burst. But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the
verb fusillades · fusillading · fusilladed
- To fire, or attack with, a fusillade.
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noun the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
| Español | descarga, ráfaga |
|---|---|
| Français | fusillade |
| Deutsch | Gewehrfeuer, Geschützsalve, Schusswechsel, Salve |
| Русский | стрельба́ strelʹbá |
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title = {fusillade},
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