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fusillade

[fyoo-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh-]

noun

  1. a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.

  2. a general discharge or outpouring of anything.

    a fusillade of questions.



verb (used with object)

fusilladed, fusillading 
  1. to attack or shoot by a fusillade.

fusillade

/ -ˈlɑːd, ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd /

noun

  1. a simultaneous or rapid continual discharge of firearms

  2. a sudden outburst, as of criticism

“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

verb

  1. (tr) to attack with a fusillade

“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 fusillade1

First recorded in 1795–1805; from French, equivalent to fusill(er) “to shoot” ( fusil 1 ) + -ade -ade 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fusillade1

C19: from French, from fusiller to shoot; see fusil 1
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Example Sentences

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He announced his gubernatorial run in November with a fusillade of television and digital ads.

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During the war, it lobbed successive fusillades of ballistic missiles, and though most were felled en route or were destroyed by Israel’s defense network, those that got through left destruction unseen in Israel for decades.

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An Israeli fusillade around noon Sunday and in the afternoon saw four areas in Tehran targeted, including major commercial thoroughfares, according to state media.

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Amid President Trump’s fusillades against the media, a recent strike stood out:

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In the unprecedented wind-driven fires of January, a fusillade of embers flew from burning hillside brush to neighborhoods, igniting houses and any fencing and furniture around them that would burn.

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