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fusillade

noun as in rapid outburst

Strong match

Weak match

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Example Sentences

Nonetheless, the truck gunning in reverse was enough to trigger a fusillade of 19 bullets from McCormick and Phillips, who said they feared for each other’s lives.

They can expect a fusillade of incoming from Gillibrand and her colleagues.

During the whole day there was an incessant fusillade, the rebelsʼ chief stronghold being the Recoleto Convent.

Off to the left had sounded a series of sharp explosions, as a fusillade of rifle shots.

They had not long to wait; a sharp fusillade began, mingled with the cries and yells of the assailants.

Just ahead the rioters had turned to pour a fusillade of fifty shots into a house from which a revolver shot had been fired.

They saluted the dawn with a noisy fusillade that ran along the miles of winding line.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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