Synonyms for fusillade

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fyoo-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfyu səˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, -zə-

Définition of fusillade

Origin : "simultaneous discharge of firearms," 1801, from French fusillade, from fusiller "to shoot," from fusil "musket" (see fusilier). As a verb from 1816.

noun rapid outburst

Example sentences :

He followed with a fusillade of questions in strange and varying tongues.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

But he had scarcely turned his head when a fusillade burst out.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

But the fusillade had begun afresh, this time on the left, in the olive plantations.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

They, too, fled before the fusillade and the hail of shot that descended on them.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

A fusillade of shots and a babel of yelling from outside interrupted his words.
Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman

Out I went in a fusillade of courtesies and sought a chauffeur.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 » by Various

Then I heard the very crackling of the wood, like a fusillade from a great distance.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

With mad cries and a fusillade of shots, the bandits charged.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish

Through this fusillade the army came down to the west fork of the Shenandoah.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

A fusillade of bullets sang about their ears but no one was touched.
Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

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