FUSILLADE
fusillade, salvo, volley, burst
(noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; āour fusillade from the left flank caught them by surpriseā
fusillade
(verb) attack with fusillade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fusillade (plural fusillades)
the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
(by extension) a rapid outburst
Verb
fusillade (third-person singular simple present fusillades, present participle fusillading, simple past and past participle fusilladed)
to fire, or attack with, a fusillade
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"sil*lade", n. Etym: [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See Fusil a firelock.] (Mil.)
Definition: A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
Fu"sil*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fusillader; p. pr. & vb. n. Fusillading.]
Definition: To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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