fusilade

Instead of defending the assertions made about McCain, she simply launched into her word fusilade and pretended the question never happened.

Reidblog [The Reid Report blog] 2008

Maria Clara, in alarm, started toward him, but before any one could speak a fusilade sounded in the street; then random pistol shots, and cries and clamor.

An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere Jos�� Rizal 1878

Some hours later a furious fusillade [Transcriber: original 'fusilade'] was heard in front of our line, though no bullets came over our trenches.

The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various

Shots were kicking up the dust all about us, a horse screamed and went down, thrashing-by George, that had been a regular volley, at least thirty rifles together, which you don't expect from savages; across the river a perfect mob of them was closing on their ford, halting to bring up their pieces and bows for another fusilade, a scarlet-clad figure ahead of them, arms raised, to give the word.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

As if in a hurry to get to the showers, Duncan, when wound up, dumps a fusilade of platitudes along a desolate stretch of disordered sentences that are too impatient to hold separate ideas apart, that roll out of his mouth or onto the page as instant bundled cliches that would have been better off had they never been put into a position to need forgetting.

Archive 2009-03-01 Jim Horn 2009

As if in a hurry to get to the showers, Duncan, when wound up, dumps a fusilade of platitudes along a desolate stretch of disordered sentences that are too impatient to hold separate ideas apart, that roll out of his mouth or onto the page as instant bundled cliches that would have been better off had they never been put into a position to need forgetting.

Duncan: To "offer every child in this country the chance to out-compete any worker worldwide" Jim Horn 2009

It's not worth the drama or the coming fusilade of allegations of corruption and misconduct about the clintons that is sure to come.

Secretary Of State Hillary: Some Obama Backers Fret, But Obama Camp Sees Her As Team Player 2009

This is part of the reason for the fusilade from clinton II over the last week or so.

Obama Camp: Hillary Campaign's Attacking Us Because She's No Longer Frontrunner 2009

This is part of the reason for the fusilade from clinton II over the last week or so.

Obama Camp: Hillary Campaign's Attacking Us Because She's No Longer Frontrunner 2009

One of the incidents he was prosecuted for involved person X pulling up outside his house and letting off a fusilade of gunfire into the house where defendant, his wife, and kids were.

The Volokh Conspiracy » I Beg Your Pardon: 2004