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Antonyms for drumfire
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : druhm-fahyuh r |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrʌmˌfaɪər |
Definition of drumfire
- As in storm : noun commotion, turmoil
- As in thunder : noun crashing sound
- As in boom : noun loud sound; crash
- A lot of the men say the drumfire is the worst, and a lot of them can't get over the sight of the first man they saw killed.
- Extract from : « Men in War » by Andreas Latzko
- So Billy sighed in the darkness and sat easily on Drumfire, his slim left hand fidgeting with the swinging rein.
- Extract from : « Tharon of Lost Valley » by Vingie E. Roe
- I remember the noise of our guns as all our batteries took their parts in a vast orchestra of drumfire.
- Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
- Not far from us was going on a drumfire which at times reached an unprecedented intensity.
- Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
- That night even the German guns stopped their drumfire, as though Sixt von Arnim's army was in mourning for its dead.
- Extract from : « Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 » by Various
Synonyms for drumfire
- agitation
- anger
- annoyance
- assault
- attack
- bang
- barrage
- blare
- blast
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- bluster
- bomb
- bombardment
- boom
- booming
- broadside
- burst
- bustle
- cannonade
- clamor
- clap
- clatter
- convulsion
- crack
- cracking
- crash
- crashing
- detonation
- discharge
- disturbance
- drumfire
- explosion
- fulmination
- furor
- fury
- fusillade
- hail
- hassle
- hysteria
- offensive
- onset
- onslaught
- outbreak
- outburst
- outcry
- passion
- peal
- pealing
- perturbation
- pother
- rabidity
- racket
- rage
- rampancy
- reverberation
- roar
- row
- ruction
- rumble
- rumbling
- rumpus
- rush
- salvo
- slam
- smash
- squall
- stir
- strife
- temper
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- thundercrack
- tumult
- upheaval
- uproar
- violence
- volley
- wham
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