fusillade
Example Sentences
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Chinese officials directed a rhetorical fusillade at Ms. Takaichi, and have ratcheted up economic pressure by discouraging Chinese tourism to Japan and restricting rare-earth mineral exports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
In the unprecedented wind-driven fires of January, a fusillade of embers flew from burning hillside brush to neighborhoods, igniting houses and any fencing and furniture around them that would burn.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025
This fusillade of explosions in quick succession produces a powerful galactic wind blowing gas out of the galaxy.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024
With protesters in Lima facing a nearly daily fusillade of tear gas, more people have joined the ranks of deactivators trying to shield them and keep the demonstrations going.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2023
That points to something wider: while the fusillade of insults moves its object out of the embrace of the community, it seeks to move its speaker closer to the center.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing fusillade
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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