About The Word Fusillade

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Fusillade

Fusillade Meaning & Definition
Fusillade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fusillade?

[n] rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
[v] attack with fusillade

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fusillade: burst | salvo | volley

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fusillade: aim at | antiaircraft barrage | bang | bark | barrage | bash | bat | beating | beheading | belt | biff | blast | blitz | blow | bombard | bombardment | bonk | bowshot | box barrage | broadside | bullet | burning | burst | cannon | cannonade | cannonry | capital punishment | chop | clip | clout | clump | commence firing | crack | creeping barrage | crucifixion | cut | dash | decapitation | decollation | defenestration | detonation | dig | dint | discharge | drub | drubbing | drumfire | drumming | ejection | electrocution | emergency barrage | enfilade | execution | explosion | fire a volley | fire at | fire upon | fulmination | garrote | gassing | gun | gunfire | gunshot | hanging | hemlock | hit | jab | judicial murder | knock | lapidation | lick | mortar | mortar barrage | necktie party | normal barrage | open fire | open up on | pelt | pepper | plunk | poisoning | poke | pop | pop at | potshot | pound | punch | rake | rap | salvo | shell | shoot | shoot at | shooting | shot | slam | slog | slug | smack | smash | snipe | snipe at | sock | spray | standing barrage | stoneshot | stoning | strafe | strangling | strangulation | stroke | swat | swing | swipe | take aim at | tattoo | the ax | the block | the chair | the gallows | the gas chamber | the guillotine | the hot seat | the rope | thump | thwack | torpedo | volley | whack | whop | yerk | zero in on

See Also | discharge | fire | fire | firing

Fusillade In Webster's Dictionary

\Fu"sil*lade"\, n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See {Fusil} a firelock.] (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
\Fu"sil*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fusillader}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fusillading}.] To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.

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