fusillade

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US/ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/

noun

The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.

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Meanings

nounfusillade (plural fusillades)

plural fusillades

  1. The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
  2. broadlyA rapid burst.
    1 more example

    But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door.

    1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
verbfusillade (third-person singular simple present fusillades, present participle fusillading, simple past and past participle fusilladed)

present singular third person fusillades · participle present fusillading · participle past fusilladed · past fusilladed

  1. To fire, or attack with, a fusillade.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounrapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchfusillade
  2. Englishfusillade

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

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Translations

Bulgarian залп
  • залп (zalp)the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
Esperanto pafado
  • pafadothe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
French fusillade
  • fusilladethe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
German Gewehrfeuer, Geschützsalve
  • Gewehrfeuerthe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
  • Geschützsalvethe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
  • Schusswechselthe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
  • Salvethe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
Hungarian sortűz
  • sortűzthe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
Irish rúisc
  • rúiscthe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
Māori waipū, waiwaipū
  • waipūthe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
  • waiwaipūthe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
Polish salwa
  • salwathe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
Russian стрельба́
  • стрельба́ (strelʹbá)the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
Spanish descarga, ráfaga
  • descargathe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
  • ráfagathe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
  • ráfagaa rapid outburst
  • torrentea rapid outburst
Turkish yaylım ateşi
  • yaylım ateşithe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

fusillade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusillade

MLA

“fusillade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusillade. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fusillade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusillade.

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