as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
responded calmly to the fusillade of criticism leveled at his design for the memorial
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Recent Examples of fusillade
Plainclothes Secret Service agents piled atop the president as a fusillade of shots rang out, apparently the Secret Service killing Crooks.
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
As coastal Texas recovers from the first of what is expected to be a fusillade of dangerous Atlantic hurricanes, the Biden administration unveiled new flood risk standards Wednesday aimed at waterproofing public infrastructure.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 10 July 2024
Iran’s fusillade of rockets, missiles and drones at Israel a month ago, despite being a colossal failure, was a shocking act of war that was successfully defeated by an alliance of Israel, Western powers and Arab states.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
In a short amount of time, we were treated to a cascading fusillade of diss tracks from both parties.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 July 2024
As coastal Texas recovers from the first of what is expected to be a fusillade of dangerous Atlantic hurricanes, the Biden administration unveiled new flood risk standards Wednesday aimed at waterproofing public infrastructure.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 10 July 2024
Iran’s fusillade of rockets, missiles and drones at Israel a month ago, despite being a colossal failure, was a shocking act of war that was successfully defeated by an alliance of Israel, Western powers and Arab states.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
In a short amount of time, we were treated to a cascading fusillade of diss tracks from both parties.
—Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
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“Fusillade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusillade. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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