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View synonyms for drumfire

drumfire

[ druhm-fahyuhr ]

noun

  1. gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums. drum.


drumfire

/ ˈdrʌmˌfaɪə /

noun

  1. heavy, rapid, and continuous gunfire, the sound of which resembles rapid drumbeats
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drumfire1

First recorded in 1915–20; drum 1 + fire
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Example Sentences

With thunderous drumfire from its exhausts, the cutter jerked forward so rapidly that it almost threw them from their feet again.

So Billy sighed in the darkness and sat easily on Drumfire, his slim left hand fidgeting with the swinging rein.

Not far from us was going on a drumfire which at times reached an unprecedented intensity.

That night even the German guns stopped their drumfire, as though Sixt von Arnim's army was in mourning for its dead.

I remember the noise of our guns as all our batteries took their parts in a vast orchestra of drumfire.

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