1.
[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