DRUMFIRE Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

drumfire

noun

ˈdrəm-ˌfī(-ə)r

Definition of drumfire

as in barrage

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once a rising drumfire of criticism for the president's latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court

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Noun

This was studied New Zealand, Tasmania and some parts of South America where modelling to be least affected by a nuclear winter and unlikely to suffer direct hits in a nuclear barrage.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
The latest Russian aerial barrage underscored the scale of the rebuilding task, as did the ongoing search for people missing beneath rubble after a deadly airstrike in southern Ukraine on Monday.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of barrage

Noun

Light flurries to 2 inches possible down to 5000 feet with higher accumulations remaining above 6000 feet.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Especially since the big frame of the show’s director, Robert Falls, had just exited the theater, a flurry visible in the corner of my eye.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of flurry

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It is named after Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold that Israel largely decimated in heavy bombardment in 2006.

— Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
The bombardment heats the fuel toward the extreme temperatures required for commercial fusion.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of bombardment

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