During the Civil War reenactment, a fusillade of shots were fired at the enemy line. From LearnThat.org.
Our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But the only casualty of the fusillade was a little white goat who happened to be standing idly by, just in the wrong spot. From Wordnik.com. [Streets of Laredo] Reference
The last words of the speaker were nearly drowned in a heavy fusillade which issued from the woods close by. From Wordnik.com. [Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee] Reference
La fusillade d'Atlanta fin juillet 1999 par un "day trader". From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
The deadly fusillade from our guns had no perceptible effect. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
This fusillade, he charges in advance, will be inspired by the GOP. From Wordnik.com. [Playing On The 'V Word'] Reference
The question now is "What effect will this journalistic fusillade have?". From Wordnik.com. [Aaron Harber: The Nation's Political Testing Ground: Colorado Elections & Candidates] Reference
After a brief fusillade those on shore fled in various directions, and the. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Pittsburgh] Reference
They open a spirited fusillade in the hope of bringing the airman to earth. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Already, at a distance, could be heard a rapid fusillade about the outposts. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A little training, of course, would be needed to secure a combine fusillade. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914] Reference
For he was interrupted by a fusillade of shots just outside -- shots in the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders] Reference
North Korea unleashed a fusillade of belligerent rhetoric, threatening all-out war. From Wordnik.com. [Tough Talk But Little Action Against North Korea] Reference
A fusillade of bullets emerged from the guns of several poachers. From Wordnik.com. [Aromatherapy] Reference
So deadly, so awful was this fusillade, that it seemed impossible to do aught but flee. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
There was only a short second between his shot and an answering fusillade from outside. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
The fusillade killed Darrell Sharpe, 16, and wounded teacher Robert Anderson in the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly Lessons] Reference
By this time the lines were in range of each other, and a lively fusillade at once began. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
All of a sudden Aidid's irregulars loosed a fusillade of RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades). From Wordnik.com. ['Naked' Mission] Reference
And then -- the sudden spit of a rifle, a ringing fusillade of shots in the dense darkness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
A fusillade from Boone and his men answered, but the outlaw had leaped back through the door. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
Overall, the fusillade of questions from the bench made the CDA look like a piece of Swiss cheese. From Wordnik.com. [An Indecent Proposal] Reference
He refused, and they at once began a fusillade from fifty yards distant, and our people returned it. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Now David Plouffe is here, to fire wildly fire a fusillade of talking points back in the other direction!. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
A brisk fusillade ensued, in which five of the enemy's ponies were killed, and several of the Boers were shot. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The tongue-lashing was familiar to staffers-including the fusillade of four-letter words-and it got them moving. From Wordnik.com. [Testing Ground] Reference
With this, he put spurs to his horse and was off, and soon a brisk fusillade was heard, which seemed gradually to recede. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
This prompted a fusillade of protests from animal-rights activists, and the foundation said it will reconsider its policy. From Wordnik.com. [Last Wishes: A Boy, A Bear And A Bullet] Reference
All using magazine rifles, they were enabled to send such a fusillade into the wolves that the pack was scattered in a few moments. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
When four New York City cops mistakenly unleashed a fusillade of 41 shots on the unarmed Amadou Diallo in 1999, they were firing 9s. From Wordnik.com. [Story of a Gun] Reference
Do an experiment one way, for instance, and light seems like a wave; do it another way, and light seems like a fusillade of particles. From Wordnik.com. [Why Wilson's Wrong] Reference
A constant fusillade of small arms and singing of bullets were kept up, indicative of a superfluity of disorder, if not of ammunition. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
The sounds of automatic gunfire drowned out the screams of terrorized residents that day, and untold dozens died in the predawn fusillade. From Wordnik.com. [Is The United States A Haven For Torturers?] Reference
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