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ruh-FAYL
noun
a volley of rapidly bursting artillery
1916A Volunteer PoiluAnother dreadful rafale (volley) of shrapnel, at the rate of ten or fifteen a minute, came speeding from the German lines.1920Now It Can Be ToldIt was what the French call la rafale des tambours de la mort—the ruffle of the drums of death.Labels: Henry Sheahan, Philip Gibbs
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