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drumfire

American  
[druhm-fahyuhr] / ˈdrʌmˌfaɪər /

noun

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

drumfire British  
/ ˈdrʌmˌfaɪə /

noun

  1. heavy, rapid, and continuous gunfire, the sound of which resembles rapid drumbeats

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Etymology

Origin of drumfire

First recorded in 1915–20; drum 1 + fire

Example Sentences

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He threw out a drumfire of 8s and 9s and 10s, and by the 15th still held a comfortable eight-shot lead.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 16, 2020

Williams, for her part, has been more or less unrivalled since the late summer of 2008, when she defeated her sister Venus in a riveting, drumfire quarter-final match at the U.S.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016

The overture, "Assault and Battery", establishes a theme: Chadwick's drumfire, a cannonade that propels and impels the music throughout.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2013

These ventures, accompanied by a drumfire of propaganda appealing to Italian nationalism, have made Mattei one of the most popular as well as one of the most powerful men in Italy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cheers which now began, round after round, were like drumfire or thunder, rolling round the turrets of Carlisle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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