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drumfire en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈdɹʌmfaɪɚ/

Etymology

From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A sustained attack.
    • The past year has seen a shart rise in the drumfire of attacks on one of management's most highly regarded methods of executive incentive payments — the stock option. 1960, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business, Operations of Small Business Investment Companies: Hearings... (page 120)

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Translations (5)

sv trumeld (heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire) · nl trommelvuur (heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire) · nl roffelvuur (heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire) · fi rumputuli (heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire) · de Trommelfeuer (heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire)