verb
- past tense of fusillade; subjected to or attacked with a fusillade (rapid, continuous gunfire or a barrage of criticism)
Usage: transitive verb; often used in military or figurative contexts
Examples
- The soldiers fusilladed the enemy position with machine-gun fire.
- The speaker was fusilladed with questions from the hostile audience.
- The fortress was fusilladed by artillery throughout the night.
- Critics fusilladed the new policy with harsh reviews.
- The troops fusilladed the advancing cavalry with volleys of musket fire.