Definition of "drumfire" [drumfire]

• Heavy, continuous gunfire: a barrage of drumfire. (noun)
• Something likened to continuous gunfire: a drumfire of criticism. (noun)

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• "A lot of the men say the drumfire is the worst, and a lot of them can't get over the sight of the first man they saw killed."
• "This drumfire of denialism nonsense will drown out science 10 to 1 before long."
• "A drumfire of editorials, threatening to drown the American space effort."