Usually means: Rapid, continuous discharge of firearms.
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  1. fusillade: Merriam-Webster
  2. fusillade: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fusillade: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fusillade: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fusillade: Vocabulary.com
  6. fusillade: Wordnik
  7. fusillade: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fusillade: Wiktionary
  9. fusillade: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fusillade: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fusillade: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Fusillade, fusillade: Dictionary.com
  13. fusillade: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. fusillade: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Fusillade: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Fusillade: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. fusillade: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. fusillade: Rhymezone
  19. Fusillade: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. fusillade: FreeDictionary.org
  21. fusillade: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. fusillade: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. fusillade: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A rapid burst.
▸ verb:  To fire, or attack with, a fusillade.

Similar:
volley, burst, salvo, running fire, carronade, fusillation, round, rafale, barrage, fire, more...

Opposite:
lull

Types:
gunfire, volley, barrage, salvo, bombardment, more...

Adjectives:
heavy, sharp, first, furious, brisk, regular, tremendous, deadly, perfect, continuous, general

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    crimson,     scarlet,     vermilion,     ruby,     garnet, more...


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Similar:
volley, burst, salvo, running fire, carronade, fusillation, round, rafale, barrage, fire, more...

Opposite:
lull

Types:
gunfire, volley, barrage, salvo, bombardment, more...

Adjectives:
heavy, sharp, first, furious, brisk, regular, tremendous, deadly, perfect, continuous, general

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     vermilion,     ruby,     garnet, more...



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