FUSILLADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fusillade mean? 

• FUSILLADE (noun)
  The noun FUSILLADE has 1 sense:

1. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

  Familiarity information: FUSILLADE used as a noun is very rare.

• FUSILLADE (verb)
  The verb FUSILLADE has 1 sense:

1. attack with fusillade

  Familiarity information: FUSILLADE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUSILLADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

burst; fusillade; salvo; volley

Context example:

our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise

Hypernyms ("fusillade" is a kind of...):

fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)

Derivation:

fusillade (attack with fusillade)

• FUSILLADE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attack with fusillade

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "fusillade" is one way to...):

discharge; fire (cause to go off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

fusillade (rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms)

 Context examples 

In the afternoon Smoke and Henderson fell foul of each other, and a fusillade of shots came up from the steerage, followed by a stampede of the other four hunters for the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Here the squaws came to his aid, and White Fang, transformed into a raging demon, was finally driven off only by a fusillade of stones.

(White Fang, by Jack London)