drumfire
drumfire · drumfires
Trommelfeuer
Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfireHeavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
/ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
Trommelfeuer
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A sustained attack.
More definitions
- intense and continuous artillery fire
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire:
Origin
From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.
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Forms
plural: drumfiresSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- intense and continuous artillery fire:cannonade
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable