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Fusillade
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Look up <i>fusillade</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <p>A fusillade is the simultaneous and continuous firing of a group of <a href="/facts/Firearms/GuHx4aGE">firearms</a> on command. It stems from the French word <i>fusil</i>, meaning firearm, and <i>fusiller</i> meaning to shoot. </p><p>In the context of <a href="/facts/Military_tactics/gm9zr57y">military tactics</a>, the term is generally used to refer to a type of organized and concentrated <a href="/facts/Gunshot/dXszEuQ8">gunfire</a> from a <a href="/facts/Military_unit/M93qdLz7">military unit</a> armed with <a href="/facts/Small_arms/GuHx4aGE">small arms</a>, and initiated by a command from a commanding officer. The term can also be used as a verb, as in "to fusillade an enemy position". <a href="/facts/Suppressing_fire/At3Yb93C">Suppressing fire</a> (done in conjunction with <a href="/facts/Fire_and_movement/ja8baNMC">fire and movement</a>) is often in the form of a fusillade. </p>