Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fusillade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fusillade \Fu"sil*lade"\, n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata.
See {Fusil} a firelock.] (Mil.)
A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fusillade
n : rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade
from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: {salvo},
{volley}, {burst}]
v : attack with fusillade
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