Synonyms of fusillade

fusillade

noun

ˈfyü-sə-ˌläd 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barrage
• flurry
• volley
• bombardment
• hail
• salvo
• cannonade
• torrent
• flood
• blitzkrieg
• drumbeat
• shower
• blitz
• tide
• drumfire
• storm
• avalanche
• rash
• surge
• stream
• deluge
• broadside
• burst
• outburst
• outpouring
• spate
• inundation
• outflow
• overflow
• discharge
• earful
• flood tide
• cataract
• gush
• glut
• surplus
• river
• current
• flush
• cataclysm
• engulfment
• excess
• surfeit
• overabundance
• superabundance
• superfluity
• overkill
• oversupply
• overage
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drip
• trickle
• dribble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fusillade

In a short amount of time, we were treated to a cascading fusillade of diss tracks from both parties. —Hazlitt, 30 May 2024

Trump has roiled relations with Canada with a fusillade of tariff threats, new registration requirements to enter the U.S. and rhetoric about turning the longtime northern ally into America’s 51st state. —Chris Kenning, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025

And finally, in January 1972, several dozen people were injured in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh when hundreds of troops across the city let off a fusillade of bullets at a total eclipse of the moon. —Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025

To minimize the unending fusillade of Trump’s first weeks in office, to choose to turn away, to shut off the news, is to indulge in self-soothing. —David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025