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Meanings of fusillade in English

Portuguese
voleio
Catalan
descàrrega tancada
Spanish
fusilería

Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms.

voleio
Spanish
descarga

Simultaneous and continuous firing of a group of firearms on command.

descarga
Synonyms
Examples for "burst"
Examples for "burst"
1
The power from that sea burst, over there, must still be strong.
Surrender to the will of the night
2
Sergio Garcia burst onto the professional scene just over a year ago.
The Irish Times
3
Nora burst out laughing; and in the midst of her mirthfulness exclaimed:
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
4
Of course I burst into tears, I couldn't even say yes properly!
The Golem and the Jinni
5
Now it unfolded; it burst its bounds; it was a rhythmic stampede.
The Divine Fire
1
Five successive points later, Agassi takes the game with a simple volley.
The Guardian
2
The answer came back in the shape of a volley of cusses.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
3
His first time volley flew past Robles, and suddenly the game changed.
The Guardian
4
The boys may have been killed in the volley that struck me.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
5
Tsonga continues with some serve and volley and it seems to work.
The Guardian
1
In a final salvo, they said: Attitudes towards gay people have changed.
The Guardian
2
Labour has fired the opening salvo this week in the referendum campaign.
The Irish Times
3
A second salvo, of equal size, was curving round the south pole.
The Reality Dysfunction
4
This is the opening salvo in an orchestrated legal and power offensive.
Raging Heat
5
Various options for combat wasp salvo attack formations skipped through her mind.
The Neutronium Alchemist
Usage of fusillade in English
1
Ali gave the signal by a pistol-shot, and a general fusillade followed.
Ali Pacha / Celebrated Crimes
2
There had been the one sharp fusillade and the fight was over.
Wolf Breed
3
Guns and hunters were everywhere, and the mountains resounded with the fusillade.
Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation
4
Tucker sent a fusillade of automatic fire across them, the noise thunderous.
The book of spies
5
There was a scattering fusillade of applause as the tall conductor appeared.
The Short Line War
6
But the others now had started shooting and there was a fusillade.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
7
Upon a fusillade of applause, I signaled for the party to begin.
Audrey's door
8
The square was shooting a fusillade of lightning flashes, a veritable cannonade.
The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
9
Across the night came faint, short snappings like a fusillade of shots.
Lords of the North
10
A fresh fusillade of rocks came through the windows, and everybody ducked.
The outcast
11
But he had scarcely turned his head when a fusillade burst out.
The Fortune of the Rougons
12
After an hour's heavy fusillade the attack weakened, and presently ceased altogether.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
13
One of the Indians wheeled, firing a fusillade just over Prescott's head.
Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point; Or, Standing Firm for ...
14
He killed both Bowie brothers and Mr. Chicken with his first fusillade.
Under the dome: a novel
15
By the time he reached the cordon a violent fusillade was in progress.
A Hero of Our Time
16
Their noisy disputation shattered the sunny stillness like a fusillade in the desert.
The Sheriff's Son
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Translations for fusillade
Fusillade through the time
Fusillade across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common