fusillade
US/ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/
fusillade noun: the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
Noun
fusillade (plural fusillades)
- The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
- A rapid burst.
- 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...1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
Verb
fusillade (third-person singular simple present fusillades, present participle fusillading, simple past and past participle fusilladed)
fusillade meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
fusillade in Tamil
- சரமாரித் துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு, குண்டுமாரி, சரமாரியாகச் சுடு, சரமாரியாக வெடி
fusillade in Bengali
- একাধিক গুলি, আক্রমণের ধারা
fusillade in Malayalam
- volley, salvo, barrage
- കൂട്ടവെടി, കൂട്ടുവെടി, അണിവെടി, ശരവർഷം, വെടിയുതിർക്കൽ, തുടരെത്തുടരെയുള്ള വെടി
Forms of fusillade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fusillades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fusillades |
| present participle | fusillading |
| past participle | fusilladed |
| past | fusilladed |
Origin of fusillade
From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”).
Words that rhyme with fusillade
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- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about fusillade
- What does fusillade mean?
- Fusillade means the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
- What is fusillade in Tamil?
- Fusillade in Tamil is சரமாரித் துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு, குண்டுமாரி, சரமாரியாகச் சுடு. See Fusillade meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fusillade?
- Fusillade can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fusillade?
- Fusillade is pronounced /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/ (US).
- What is the plural of fusillade?
- The plural of fusillade is fusillades.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fusillade (page history and authors); fusillade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fusillade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fusillade (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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