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fusillade

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fu⋅sil⋅lade

  [fyoo-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh-] noun, verb, -lad⋅ed, -lad⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
2. a general discharge or outpouring of anything: a fusillade of questions.
–verb (used with object)
3. to attack or shoot by a fusillade.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F, equiv. to fusill(er) to shoot (see fusil 1 ) + -ade -ade 1
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fu·sil·lade   (fyōō'sə-läd', -lād', -zə-, fyōō'sə-läd', -lād', -zə-)   
n.  

  1. A discharge from a number of firearms, fired simultaneously or in rapid succession.

  2. A rapid outburst or barrage: a fusillade of insults.

tr.v.   fu·sil·lad·ed, fu·sil·lad·ing, fu·sil·lades
To attack with a fusillade.

[French, from fusiller, to shoot, from fusil, firearm; see fusil.]
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Word Origin & History

fusillade 
"simultaneous discharge of firearms," 1801, from Fr. fusillade, from fusiller "to shoot," from fusil "musket" (see fusilier).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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