fusillade
noun /ˌfjuːzəˈleɪd/
  /ˈfjuːsəlɑːd/,  /ˈfjuːsəleɪd/
- a rapid series of shots fired from one or more guns; a rapid series of objects that are thrown synonym barrage
- a fusillade of bullets/stones
 - (figurative) He faced a fusillade of questions from the waiting journalists.
 
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from fusiller ‘to shoot’, from fusil, based on Latin focus ‘hearth, fire’.