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单词 drumfires
释义

drumfire

noun

drum·​fire ˈdrəm-ˌfī(-ə)r How to pronounce drumfire (audio)
1
: artillery firing so continuous as to sound like a drumroll
2
: something suggestive of drumfire in intensity : barrage
a drumfire of publicity

Synonyms

  • barrage
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • bombardment
  • cannonade
  • drumbeat
  • flurry
  • fusillade
  • hail
  • salvo
  • shower
  • storm
  • volley
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Example Sentences

a rising drumfire of criticism for the president's latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

drumfires

noun

plural of drumfire
as in barrages
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once a rising drumfire of criticism for the president's latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • barrages
  • flurries
  • hails
  • bombardments
  • volleys
  • cannonades
  • floods
  • drumbeats
  • torrents
  • fusillades
  • salvos
  • showers
  • blitzkriegs
  • tides
  • flood tides
  • salvoes
  • blitzes
  • storms
  • surges
  • engulfments
  • streams
  • bursts
  • rashes
  • avalanches
  • outbursts
  • outpourings
  • discharges
  • inundations
  • outflows
  • gushes
  • flushes
  • overflows
  • cataracts
  • spates
  • earfuls
  • rivers
  • currents
  • deluges
  • surpluses
  • cataclysms
  • oversupplies
  • superabundances
  • broadsides
  • gluts
  • overabundances
  • excesses
  • surfeits
  • superfluities
  • overages
  • overmuch
  • overkills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • drips
  • dribbles
  • trickles
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