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FUSILLADING
Verb
fusillading
present participle of fusillade
Source: Wiktionary
FUSILLADE
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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