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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms;
- Example: "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
[syn: fusillade, salvo, volley, burst]


VERB (1)

1. attack with fusillade;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See Fusil a firelock.] (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fusillade \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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fusillade n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: fusillade, salvo, volley, burst] v 1: attack with fusillade