as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
responded calmly to the fusillade of criticism leveled at his design for the memorial
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Recent Examples of fusillade
Lately, the federal judiciary has responded with impressive speed and fortitude to Trump’s fusillade of executive orders and other actions.
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Some of the humor has a barbed, geopolitical aim in a war for the world’s hearts and minds — see the Chinese government’s fusillade of memes — but political scientists say that, for many people, humor is a natural response to stressful times.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Mayer and Ryan Have Continued to Trade Barbs Leading up to Saturday’s fight, the pair have launched a fusillade of insults at each other.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Trump’s fusillade sparked some normally supportive Republicans to express dissent.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Feb. 2025
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Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Some of the humor has a barbed, geopolitical aim in a war for the world’s hearts and minds — see the Chinese government’s fusillade of memes — but political scientists say that, for many people, humor is a natural response to stressful times.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Mayer and Ryan Have Continued to Trade Barbs Leading up to Saturday’s fight, the pair have launched a fusillade of insults at each other.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Trump’s fusillade sparked some normally supportive Republicans to express dissent.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fusillade
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More Hossein Beris/Getty Images Iran launched a significant missile barrage on major cities across Israel on Friday.—
Amanda Castro
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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The Sixers signed George to a four-year max contract last offseason to round out their Big Three next to Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, but that trio never got off the ground in 2024-25 due to a nonstop barrage of injuries.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Then, in early May, came a flurry of warnings — emails from spoofed Coinbase.com addresses, suspicious activity alerts, and a barrage of phone calls.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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Schools are hosting camps, prospects are taking official visits and a flurry of commitments have landed over the past two-plus weeks.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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“Fusillade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusillade. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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