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
This fusillade of explosions in quick succession produces a powerful galactic wind blowing gas out of the galaxy.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024
A fusillade of calcium batteries and white plastic bags drifted above the landscape along with birds and the final image was a dove soaring above the desolation.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
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
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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