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Mar. 06, 2017
fusillade\FYOO-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh-\noun
1. a general discharge or outpouring of anything: a fusillade of
questions.
2. a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
QuotesDuring this unprecedented fusillade of blows the Gangster
hunkered down and didn't move except to deflect the stray chop away
from his face.
-- Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 2007
Origin of fusilladeFusillade comes from the French verb fusiler to
shoot. The suffix -ade is found in nouns denoting action or process or
a person or persons acting, and is often found in French loanwords.
Fusillade entered English in the late 18th century.More From
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