1. Rapid, continuous artillery fire; a barrage of gunfire delivered in quick succession.
Usage: military; plural form of drumfire
2. A rapid, overwhelming succession of anything resembling gunfire in intensity or speed.
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The artillery unit unleashed drumfires across the battlefield to suppress enemy positions.
• During the assault, drumfires from machine guns echoed through the valley.
• The defense relied on coordinated drumfires to break the enemy advance.
• A drumfire of criticism followed the controversial announcement.
• The speaker faced a drumfire of questions from the audience.
• The company endured a drumfire of lawsuits from multiple plaintiffs.