FUSILLADE


Meaning of FUSILLADE in English

I. ˈfyüsəˌlād, -üzə-, -äd, -ȧd, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from fusiller to shoot (from fusil ) + -ade

1.

a. : a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession especially with small arms : volley

a fusillade of buckshot — Horace Sutton

b. : firing squad

he was condemned to death … and died by the fusillade — W.O.Scroggs

2. : a spirited outburst of any sort

a fusillade of marimba music — Maud Oakes

specifically : a barrage of criticism

never … has a new head of government come under such a fusillade from his own party — Atlantic

II. transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

: to attack or shoot down by simultaneous or rapidly successive gunfire

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