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Fusillade vs Execution - What's the difference?

fusillade | execution |

As nouns the difference between fusillade and execution

is that fusillade is the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms while execution is execution.

As a verb fusillade

is to fire, or attack with, a fusillade.

fusillade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the simultaneous firing of a number of firearms
  • (by extension) a rapid outburst
  • * 1901 , , (w, 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.

    Verb

    (fusillad)
  • to fire, or attack with, a fusillade
  • ----

    execution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
  • *
  • The state of being executed (accomplished).
  • The battle plan was successfully executed .
  • The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
  • (legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
  • (legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
  • (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
  • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker .
    Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.

    Derived terms

    * execution style * posthumous execution

    Hyponyms

    * (penalty of death) crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection