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Examples of fusillade
fusillade
But that position has been undermined by a fusillade of critical advertisements.
From the post-gazette.com
What finally downed this venerable show was a fusillade from several directions.
From the time.com
The familiar fusillade is from the individual and institutionalized opposition.
From the time.com
Hearing the fusillade, prisoners in three nearby cellblocks screamed obscenities.
From the time.com
While Marcia is clearly Haines'primary target, Wilson hardly escapes the fusillade.
From the time.com
Notice how the lovers know they're going to get it just before the fusillade begins.
From the guardian.co.uk
The fusillade of shotgun pellets and dumdum bullets went on for six minutes.
From the time.com
Obama has kept the Chamber busy responding to this fusillade of valentines.
From the businessweek.com
How did the dealer feel as he watched the home invasion, heard the fusillade of shots?
From the nytimes.com
- Attack with fusillade
- Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
- A fusillade is the simultaneous and continuous firing of a group of firearms on command. It stems from the French word fusil, meaning firearm, and fusiller meaning to shoot.
- A simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms; derived from a musket ("fusil"), focus-fire. See SALVO, BROADSIDE, ENFILADE, VOLLEY, STORM, FPL, DRUMFIRE, IN THE AIR, AT CLOSE QUARTERS.
- A rapid outburst or barrage. Example: After see-saw exchanges of punches Takemoto finally forced the prefight favorite to the ropes and floored him with a fusillade of punches, dropping the rubbery-legged opponent again to cause the ref's stoppage
- (deals great damage and knocks out enemy Head; usable only by Elisha)
