Etymology

fusillade

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Today it means: The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms. Full definition →

French fusillade
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  1. French · borrowed fromfusillade
  2. English todayfusillade

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

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