A rapid, continuous burst of gunfire from multiple weapons, or a sudden overwhelming barrage of anything.
From French fusillade, derived from fusil (light musket). Named for the rapid firing effect created by multiple soldiers shooting their fusils in sequence.
A fusillade isn't just any gunfire—it's that terrifying sound of multiple weapons firing in rapid succession, a term so vivid that we now use it for overwhelming bursts of anything: 'a fusillade of questions.'
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