"drumfire" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹʌmfaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɹʌmfaɪɚ/ Forms: drumfires [plural]
Etymology: From drum + fire, calque of German Trommelfeuer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|drum|fire}} drum + fire, {{calque|en|de|Trommelfeuer|nocap=1}} calque of German Trommelfeuer Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} drumfire (countable and uncountable, plural drumfires)
  1. Heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire): trommelvuur [neuter] (Dutch), roffelvuur [neuter] (Dutch), Trommelfeuer [neuter] (German), trumeld [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-drumfire-en-noun--pHK1LbA Disambiguation of 'heavy, continuous, rapid gunfire': 98 2
  2. (figurative) A sustained attack. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-drumfire-en-noun-Mfc2t3Ip Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 88

Inflected forms

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