fusillade

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: salvovolleyburst

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms“our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise”Synonyms: salvovolleyburst

Verb (1)

  1. attack with fusillade
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See Fusil a firelock.] (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms. [1913 Webster]
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]
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