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fusillade - translation to russian
fusillade
SIMULTANEOUS AND CONTINUOUS FIRING OF A GROUP OF FIREARMS ON COMMAND
Fusilade; Fusillading; Fusillades
[fju:zi'leid]
существительное
[fju:zi'leid]
общая лексика
ружейный огонь
расстрел
стрельба
глагол
общая лексика
обстреливать
расстреливать
fusillade
SIMULTANEOUS AND CONTINUOUS FIRING OF A GROUP OF FIREARMS ON COMMAND
Fusilade; Fusillading; Fusillades
fusillade noun 1) стрельба 2) расстрел
Definition
fusillade
A fusillade of shots or objects is a large number of them fired or thrown at the same time. (FORMAL)
Both were killed in a fusillade of bullets fired at close range.
N-SING: usu N of n
Wikipedia
Fusillade
A fusillade is the simultaneous and continuous firing of a group of firearms on command. It stems from the French word fusil, meaning firearm, and fusiller meaning to shoot.
Examples of use of fusillade
1. Though pinned down, the Americans responded with a fusillade of their own.
2. His relatives made the sign of the cross, the Russian national anthem played, and a cannon fusillade rang out.
3. Three of her children, aged between five and 13, were killed while two other daughters survived the fusillade.
4. Two police officers were wounded in 2004 during a fusillade launched at their vehicle; last year a former manager of the department was hospitalized after an ambush.
5. The England captain‘s interviews may be so faltering that he makes Michael Owen sound like Winston Churchill but even Beckham did not deserve that four–letter fusillade.
