fusillade
3 synonyms for fusillade, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Several guns being fired together at the same time.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”).
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