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drumfire

[ druhm-fahyuhr ]

noun

  1. gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums. drum.


drumfire

/ ˈ»å°ùÊŒ³¾ËŒ´Ú²¹ÉªÉ™ /

noun

  1. heavy, rapid, and continuous gunfire, the sound of which resembles rapid drumbeats
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Origin of drumfire1

First recorded in 1915–20; drum 1 + fire
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The cheers which now began, round after round, were like drumfire or thunder, rolling round the turrets of Carlisle.

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Williams, for her part, has been more or less unrivalled since the late summer of 2008, when she defeated her sister Venus in a riveting, drumfire quarter-final match at the U.S.

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The overture, "Assault and Battery", establishes a theme: Chadwick's drumfire, a cannonade that propels and impels the music throughout.

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With thunderous drumfire from its exhausts, the cutter jerked forward so rapidly that it almost threw them from their feet again.

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The latter, after receiving reenforcements and assisted by an artillery drumfire, made a powerful counterattack, but did not succeed in driving the Russians back.

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