as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
responded calmly to the fusillade of criticism leveled at his design for the memorial
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Image Image Image Since taking office less than a month ago, Mr. Trump has launched a fusillade of trade actions, including an order on Thursday for his advisers to come up with new tariff levels that take into account a range of trade barriers.
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Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
That Donald Trump’s first-day fusillade of executive orders included the declaration of a national energy emergency wasn’t all that shocking given his intensity level on everything from birthright citizenship to mass deportation.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Beijing responded swiftly on Tuesday to the tariffs President Trump had promised, announcing a fusillade of countermeasures targeting American companies and imports of critical products.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025
As to the first: At least Kassebaum didn’t have to fear a social media fusillade from Bush, and Bush would have been too much of a gentleman to do more than fume in private over her vote.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
That Donald Trump’s first-day fusillade of executive orders included the declaration of a national energy emergency wasn’t all that shocking given his intensity level on everything from birthright citizenship to mass deportation.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Beijing responded swiftly on Tuesday to the tariffs President Trump had promised, announcing a fusillade of countermeasures targeting American companies and imports of critical products.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025
As to the first: At least Kassebaum didn’t have to fear a social media fusillade from Bush, and Bush would have been too much of a gentleman to do more than fume in private over her vote.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Fusillade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusillade. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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