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Drumfire

//ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    intense and continuous artillery fire wordnet
  3. 3
    A sustained attack. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer.

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