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Fusillade

Fū'sil-lāde', n.

noun

n. [Fr. fusillade, It. fucilata, from fusil, q. v.] (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of fire-arms in a military exercise; as, a grand fusillade.

Fū'sil-lāde', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. FUSILLADED; p. pr. & vb. n. FUSILLADING.] [Fr. fusiller, It. fucilare. See supra;] To shoot down by a simultaneous discharge of fire-arms. “Fusillade them all.” Carlyle.