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DRUMFIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drumfire mean?
• DRUMFIRE (noun)
The noun DRUMFIRE has 1 sense:
1. intense and continuous artillery fire
Familiarity information: DRUMFIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intense and continuous artillery fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cannonade; drumfire
Hypernyms ("drumfire" is a kind of...):
artillery fire; cannon fire (fire delivered by artillery)
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