FUSILLADE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

Example:

our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise

Synonyms:

burst; fusillade; salvo; volley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

fusillade (attack with fusillade)

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)