Fusillade

Word FUSILLADE
Character 9
Hyphenation fu sil lade
Pronunciations /ˈfjuːsɪˌle͡ɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Fusillade"

What do we mean by fusillade?

A discharge from a number of firearms, fired simultaneously or in rapid succession. noun

A rapid outburst or barrage. noun

To attack with a fusillade. transitive verb

To attack or shoot down by a fusillade.

A simultaneous or continuous discharge of musketry: sometimes used figuratively. noun

To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms. transitive verb

A simultaneous discharge of firearms. noun

The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms noun

A rapid outburst noun

To fire, or attack with, a fusillade verb

Attack with fusillade verb

Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms noun

The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms

(by extension) a rapid outburst

Someone who annoyingly waits to begin typing until they find all the letters in the word they want to type, then types them in a single, annoying burst. Gives the typer a false feeling of skill; irks observers. Becoming consigned to oblivion as those who can't type are being weeded out with old age. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fusillade

The word "fusillade" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (1903)

But the only casualty of the fusillade was a little white goat who happened to be standing idly by, just in the wrong spot. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1995)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The last words of the speaker were nearly drowned in a heavy fusillade which issued from the woods close by. ❋ John Esten Cooke (1858)

All the fishermen had rifles, and they now opened a general fusillade. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact many of them did, but often they were drowned out by the massive fusillade of corporate advertising. ❋ Robert Creamer (2010)

To his amazement, the target opens his eyes after the fusillade and discovers he is still alive. ❋ Marc Kaufman (2011)

We may witness an artillery fusillade, the test firing of yet another long-range ballistic missile, or even another nuclear test. ❋ Daniel Wagner (2011)

The fusillade of 7.62mm rounds chewed the three jihadis to pieces. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

Through that astonishing fusillade he had come unscathed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Peter Sanders (2011)

If this were an opera, Palanatine would deliver an aria opposite Bickel who would merely clap to incite the orchestra to rain down a fusillade in response. ❋ Jack Nelson (2011)

All it took was one open-ended question about Android to unleash a fusillade of anti-Google invective. ❋ Steven Levy (2011)

A pistol cracked from the shoal, a second, and a third; then a regular fusillade began. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jerry was excited and delighted with the fusillade, and added his puppy yelpings to the noise. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Stanly] typed out the word 'irritating' so fast that he thought we was [impressing] everyone around him with his typing speed. In reality, everyone knew he was a fusillade typer and spent [15 seconds] looking for the keys before he began typing. ❋ Humbled By Incompetence (2011)

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