fusillade

Etymology

From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːsɪˌle͡ɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

fusillade (plural fusillades)

1. the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
2. (by extension) a rapid outburst
   • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

     But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door.

Verb

fusillade (third-person singular simple present fusillades, present participle fusillading, simple past and past participle fusilladed)

1. to fire, or attack with, a fusillade

Etymology

fusiller +‎ -ade

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zi.jad/

Noun

fusillade f (plural fusillades)

1. shootout; shooting (of a firearm)
2. fusillade
3. (ice hockey) penalty

Further reading

• “fusillade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).