different between fusillade vs outpouring
fusillade
English
Etymology
From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?fju?s??le??d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Noun
fusillade (plural fusillades)
- the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
- (by extension) a rapid outburst
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, "The Monkey's Paw"
- But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, "The Monkey's Paw"
Translations
Verb
fusillade (third-person singular simple present fusillades, present participle fusillading, simple past and past participle fusilladed)
- to fire, or attack with, a fusillade
French
Etymology
fusiller +? -ade
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.zi.jad/
Noun
fusillade f (plural fusillades)
- shootout; shooting (of a firearm)
- fusillade
- (ice hockey) penalty
Derived terms
- tir de fusillade
Related terms
- fusil
Further reading
- “fusillade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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outpouring
English
Etymology
out- +? pouring
Noun
outpouring (plural outpourings)
- The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- The protests rank among the largest outpourings of dissent since the nation’s military dictatorship ended in 1985.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- Great Britain has collected its first gold medal of the London Games after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won the coxless pairs with a stunning performance that will spark a mass outpouring of celebration and relief across the country.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
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