fusillade

How To Use fusillade In A Sentence

• They went into hiding in Katlijk, but where betrayed and fusilladed by the German oppressor.
• Fifty Spetsnaz men, dressed as Afghans, appeared and fired fusillades into the crowd. KARA KUSH
• Mr. Powell, playing double-stroke rolls on his toms, was insinuative; Mr. Marsalis, starting out with a fusillade on his snare, was aggressive. Jazzfest: Drum Battles and a Tribute to Max Roach - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
• All preparations having been slowly completed the day for departure arrived, and Chin, with much bowing and ceremonial posturing, having wished his wife and little son adieu, embarked with Wang, taking the equivalent of five thousand dollars [2] in sycee shoes and gold-dust, and amidst valedictory fusillades of fire-crackers, as well as a beating of gongs, the flotilla cast off and sailed away down river. Life and sport in China Second Edition
• Pakistani Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, the Army chief of staff, prefers the training to the fusillade of missile strikes in the tribal areas from pilotless U.S. drones. Each One Teach One | ATTACKERMAN
• Rasping winds arose and a fusillade of words rained down.
• Once brought under control by the mahouts, it lumbered across the river - this time to a fusillade of stones and rotting fruit thrown by the now vengeful onlookers.
• The fusillades of the firing squads (at least one of which López himself directed) roared so often and so ubiquitously that some mistook them for the sound of Brazilian invaders.
• I then wondered whether, if a sniper starting shooting into the crowd, I would be able to find adequate cover from the fusillade of bullets which would be raining down upon the commuters and workers crossing the road.
• Pitta enjoyed initial success, his modest fleet savaging Grunger's armada amidst a devastating fusillade of proton torpedoes.