fusillade as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
fusillade
noun
1 fusillade
Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms:
— Our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise.
synonyms: burst, salvo, volley.
Roget 361:
killing
etc.
v.;
homicide,
manslaughter,
murder,
assassination,
trucidation†,
iccusion†;
effusion of blood;
blood,
blood shed;
gore,
slaughter,
carnage,
butchery;
battue†.
massacre;
fusillade,
noyade†;
thuggery,
Thuggism†.
deathblow,
finishing stroke,
coup de grace,
quietus;
execution
etc.
(capital punishment)
972;
judicial murder;
martyrdom.
butcher,
slayer,
murderer,
Cain,
assassin,
terrorist,
cutthroat,
garroter,
bravo,
Thug,
Moloch,
matador,
sabreur†;
guet-a-pens;
gallows,
executioner
etc.
(punishment)
975;
man-eater,
apache†,
hatchet man [U.S.],
highbinder [U.S.].
regicide,
parricide,
matricide,
fratricide,
infanticide,
feticide,
foeticide†,
uxoricide†,
vaticide†.
suicide,
felo de se†,
hara-kiri,
suttee,
Juggernath†;
immolation,
auto da fe,
holocaust.
suffocation,
strangulation,
garrote;
hanging
etc.
v.;
lapidation†.
deadly weapon
etc.
(arms)
727;
Aceldama†.
[Destruction of animals]
slaughtering;
phthisozoics†;
sport,
sporting;
the chase,
venery;
hunting,
coursing,
shooting,
fishing;
pig-sticking;
sportsman,
huntsman,
fisherman;
hunter,
Nimrod;
slaughterhouse,
meat packing plant,
shambles,
abattoir.
fatal accident,
violent death,
casualty.
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Roget 716:
attack;
assault,
assault and battery;
onset,
onslaught,
charge.
aggression,
offense;
incursion,
inroad,
invasion;
irruption;
outbreak;
estrapade†,
ruade†;
coupe de main,
sally,
sortie,
camisade†,
raid,
foray;
run at,
run against;
dead set at.
storm,
storming;
boarding,
escalade†;
siege,
investment,
obsession†,
bombardment,
cannonade.
fire,
volley;
platoon fire,
file fire;
fusillade;
sharpshooting,
broadside;
raking fire,
cross fire;
volley of grapeshot,
whiff of the grape,
feu d'enfer [Fr.].
cut,
thrust,
lunge,
pass,
passado†,
carte and tierce [Fr.],
home thrust;
coupe de bec [Fr.];
kick,
punch
etc.
(impulse)
276.
battue†,
razzia†,
Jacquerie,
dragonnade†;
devastation
etc.
162;
eboulement [Fr.].
assailant,
aggressor,
invader.
base of operations,
point of attack;
echelon.
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Dutch: saluutschoten, eresalvo, schot voor de boeg, salvo
verb
1 fusillade
Moby thesaurus: aim at, antiaircraft barrage, bang, bark, barrage, bash, bat, beating, beheading, belt, biff, blast, blitz, blow, bombard, bombardment, bonk, bowshot, box barrage, broadside, bullet, burning, burst, cannon, cannonade, cannonry, capital punishment, chop, clip, clout, clump, commence firing, crack, creeping barrage, crucifixion, cut, dash, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, detonation, dig, dint, discharge, drub, drubbing, drumfire, drumming, ejection, electrocution, emergency barrage, enfilade, execution, explosion, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, fulmination, garrote, gassing, gun, gunfire, gunshot, hanging, hemlock, hit, jab, judicial murder, knock, lapidation, lick, mortar, mortar barrage, necktie party, normal barrage, open fire, open up on, pelt, pepper, plunk, poisoning, poke, pop, pop at, potshot, pound, punch, rake, rap, salvo, shell, shoot, shoot at, shooting, shot, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, snipe, snipe at, sock, spray, standing barrage, stoneshot, stoning, strafe, strangling, strangulation, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, take aim at, tattoo, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, thump, thwack, torpedo, volley, whack, whop, yerk, zero in on ... show more.
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