fusillade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
    volley; salvo; burst.
    • our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
  2. verb attack with fusillade

WordNet

Fu"sil*lade" noun
Etymology
F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See Fusil a firelock.
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
Fu"sil*lade" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fusillader; present participle & verbal noun Fusillading
Definitions
  1. To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.

Webster 1913