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
Iranian news reports said a new fusillade of missiles had been fired toward Israel.
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 21 June 2025
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Israel and Iran resumed fire exchanges at the end of last week, and space and defense enthusiasts have been following the fusillades.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Her eye for detail also brings alive the surreal sensory fusillade of the couple’s improbable rescue by the Wolmi 306, a South Korean fishing ship, and the celebrity that followed in its wake: photo ops, game-show appearances, a filmed visit to SeaWorld.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Trump earlier in the day had ripped Musk on camera and on social media, as the man who funneled hundreds of millions to Trump’s presidential campaign unleashed a fusillade against him.
—Ian Swanson, The Hill, 6 June 2025
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Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 21 June 2025
Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Overview: Iron Dome's performance could be Golden Dome's opportunity
Israel and Iran resumed fire exchanges at the end of last week, and space and defense enthusiasts have been following the fusillades.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Her eye for detail also brings alive the surreal sensory fusillade of the couple’s improbable rescue by the Wolmi 306, a South Korean fishing ship, and the celebrity that followed in its wake: photo ops, game-show appearances, a filmed visit to SeaWorld.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Trump earlier in the day had ripped Musk on camera and on social media, as the man who funneled hundreds of millions to Trump’s presidential campaign unleashed a fusillade against him.
—Ian Swanson, The Hill, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fusillade
Noun
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This coalesces and makes sense of the barrage of assaults designed to undermine Americans’ trust in our country, our Constitution and all the principles upon which it was built.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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When Lauryn Licari and Owen McKenny finally learned who was behind the barrage of incessant, cruel texts that broke them up and created mass paranoia at their small Midwestern school, the truth was almost too impossible to believe.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement The flurry of updates came three days after Robinson was arrested following an intensive hunt for Kirk's killer.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
14 Sep. 2025
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The flurry of summer comes to an end and routine returns.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Fusillade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusillade. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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