What does fusillade mean?
Fusillade means The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms..
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/ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/ · noun
The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms..
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.
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Fusillade means The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms..
Common synonyms include burst, volley, salvo.
Possible antonyms include eager.
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.
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