fusillades

noun

plural of fusillade
as in barrages
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 fusillades Every stentorian chord became a hammer blow, flourishes intensified into fusillades, a tense pause into an apocalypse. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026 As Ukraine marked another year of independence, Vladimir Putin responded with one of the worst fusillades of missiles since his unprovoked full-scale war of aggression began over three years ago. — Oleksandra Matviichuk, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fusillades
  1. barrages
  2. flurries
  3. volleys
Noun
  • Russia bombarded Ukraine last weekend with one of the largest ballistic-missile barrages of the entire war.
    — Mark Montgomery, Washington Post, 31 July 2026
  • Less expensive than three artillery barrages, Colonel Bell said during a June roundtable discussion with reporters.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
Definition of barrages
Noun
  • The past 14 years have included some flurries of diplomatic contact between Iran and the West.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • There is even a remote possibility for a few flurries in the highest peaks of the Sierra on Saturday and Sunday nights with temps briefly below freezing.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of flurries
Noun
  • The famous volleys against Bradford City, Middlesbrough and Chelsea, all of them in 2000.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Medasin, whose thesis was already overflowing with preemptive volleys and counterfactuals, batted away the refutation.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of volleys

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