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   Fu·sil·lade

   /ˌfyo͞ozəˈlād/

   

   noun

   • 1. a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession: "marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles"

   verb

   • 1. attack (a place) or shoot down (someone) by a series of shots fired at the same time or in quick succession: archaic "the Mahdi's adherents fusilladed his palace at Khartoum"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from French, from fusiller ‘to shoot’, from fusil (see fusil1).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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