一いっ斉せい射しゃ撃げき

noun

volley firing; fusillade; broadside

Military term for simultaneous discharge of multiple firearms or artillery. Also used figuratively for a barrage of questions or criticism.

• 敵てきの一いっ斉せい射しゃ撃げきで多おおくの兵へい士しが倒たおれた。

  Many soldiers fell under the enemy's volley fire.

• 記き者しゃたちの一いっ斉せい射しゃ撃げきのような質しつ問もんに、大だい臣じんは言こと葉ばを詰つまらせた。

  The minister faltered under the reporters' fusillade of questions.