fusillade

Meaning

Noun

1. The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
2. (broadly) A rapid burst.

Verb

To fire, or attack with, a fusillade.

Synonyms

volley

shooting

burst

shootout

gunfire

broadside

fire

🔥

salvo

shot

volley firing

blast

rifle shots

blaze

blaze away

cannon

firing

gunshot

shoot

shooting down

Translations

fusillade

tir

Salve

tiroteo

afusellament

tiro

fusilería

fucilazione

ομοβροντία

salve

schietpartij

Erschießen

Erschießung

Schuss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/

Etymology

From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”).