FUSILLADE


Meaning of FUSILLADE in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a a continuous discharge of firearms. b a wholesale execution by this means.

2 a sustained outburst of criticism etc.

--v.tr.

1. assault (a place) by a fusillade.

2 shoot down (persons) with a fusillade.

Etymology: F f. fusiller shoot

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.