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fusillade definition

fu·sil·lade (fyo̵̅o̅′sə läd′, -lād′; -zə-)

noun

  1. a simultaneous or rapid and continuous discharge of many firearms
  2. something like this a fusillade of questions

Etymology: Fr < fusiller, to shoot < fusil: see fusil

transitive verb fusilladed -·lad′ed, fusillading -·lad′·ing

to shoot down or attack with a fusillade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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