[noun] [C] - a large number of bullets fired at the same time or one after another very quicklyTwenty-eight demonstrators were shot dead and 188 wounded in a 5-minute fusillade of automatic fire.(figurative) A fusillade (= sudden large amount) of questions greeted the president at this afternoon's press conference.
FUSILLADE
Meaning of FUSILLADE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012