fusillade

 
Pronunciation: /ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd, -ˈlɑːd/

noun

  • a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession: marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles

verb

[with object] archaic
  • fire a fusillade at (a place or person): the Mahdi’s adherents fusilladed his palace at Khartoum

Origin:

early 19th century: from French, from fusiller 'to shoot', from fusil (see fusil1)