'Fusillade' definitions:
Definition of 'fusillade'
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Definition of 'Fusillade'
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- Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See Fusil a firelock.] (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fusillade'
From: GCIDE
- Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fusillader; p. pr. & vb. n. Fusillading.] To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fusillade'
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- aim at,
- antiaircraft barrage,
- bang,
- bark,
- barrage,
- bash,
- bat,
- beating,
- beheading,
- belt,
- biff,
- blast,
- blitz,
- blow,
- bombard,
- bombardment,
- bonk,
- bowshot,
- box barrage,
- broadside,
- bullet,
- burning,
- burst,
- cannon,
- cannonade,
- cannonry,
- capital punishment,
- chop,
- clip,
- clout,
- clump,
- commence firing,
- crack,
- creeping barrage,
- crucifixion,
- cut,
- dash,
- decapitation,
- decollation,
- defenestration,
- detonation,
- dig,
- dint,
- discharge,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- ejection,
- electrocution,
- emergency barrage,
- enfilade,
- execution,
- explosion,
- fire a volley,
- fire at,
- fire upon,
- fulmination,
- garrote,
- gassing,
- gun,
- gunfire,
- gunshot,
- hanging,
- hemlock,
- hit,
- jab,
- judicial murder,
- knock,
- lapidation,
- lick,
- mortar,
- mortar barrage,
- necktie party,
- normal barrage,
- open fire,
- open up on,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- plunk,
- poisoning,
- poke,
- pop,
- pop at,
- potshot,
- pound,
- punch,
- rake,
- rap,
- salvo,
- shell,
- shoot,
- shoot at,
- shooting,
- shot,
- slam,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- snipe,
- snipe at,
- sock,
- spray,
- standing barrage,
- stoneshot,
- stoning,
- strafe,
- strangling,
- strangulation,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- take aim at,
- tattoo,
- the ax,
- the block,
- the chair,
- the gallows,
- the gas chamber,
- the guillotine,
- the hot seat,
- the rope,
- thump,
- thwack,
- torpedo,
- volley,
- whack,
- whop,
- yerk,
- zero in on