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fusillade

[fyoo-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh-] / ˈfyu səˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, -zə- /
NOUN
rapid outburst
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Chinese officials directed a rhetorical fusillade at Ms. Takaichi, and have ratcheted up economic pressure by discouraging Chinese tourism to Japan and restricting rare-earth mineral exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

He announced his gubernatorial run in November with a fusillade of television and digital ads.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

This fusillade of explosions in quick succession produces a powerful galactic wind blowing gas out of the galaxy.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024

The Fed said it would hold rates steady to give more time to see how its fusillade of hikes over the last 15 months is affecting the economy.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

This soon became clear when a platoon of otters on the ramparts unloosed a rattling fusillade of heavy pebbles.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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