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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Israel and Iran resumed fire exchanges at the end of last week, and space and defense enthusiasts have been following the fusillades.
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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
An Israeli fusillade around noon Sunday and in the afternoon saw four areas in Tehran targeted, including major commercial thoroughfares, according to state media.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 15 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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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
An Israeli fusillade around noon Sunday and in the afternoon saw four areas in Tehran targeted, including major commercial thoroughfares, according to state media.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 15 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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Noun
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Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the country in the latest barrage, of which 747 drones and four missiles were shot down.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.—
Lidia Kelly,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The glass-half-full crowd would view such a flurry of transactions as evidence that five teams wanted Ureña enough to sign him.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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In part of a flurry of motions from both sides in the past week, Stines is asking for a judge to release him on bail.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Fusillade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusillade. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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