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fusillade

[fyoo-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh-] / ˈfyu səˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, -zə- /
NOUN
rapid outburst
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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

Amid the fusillade of terrible headlines this year, one pierced my nerdy heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

The fusillade reflected Russia’s renewed focus on striking Ukrainian energy facilities.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

This mystified the crowd enough to stop the fusillade.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

The phrase volley of abuse, for example, uses the image of a fusillade of bullets to describe an outpouring of anger.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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