A fusillade is a burst of gunfire (from the French fusil, a rifle). Merciless means without mercy. So a merciless fusillade is a burst of gunfire without mercy. Clearly there is some metonymy (It is actually the gunners who are without mercy, not the gunfire) or personification (the human quality of mercilessness is attributed to the gunfire) going on here.
A fusillade is a burst of gunfire (from the French fusil, a rifle). Merciless means without mercy. So a merciless fusillade is a burst of gunfire without mercy. Clearly there is some metonymy (It is actually the gunners who are without mercy, not the gunfire) or personification (the human quality of mercilessness is attributed to the gunfire) going on here.
A fusillade is a burst of gunfire (from the French fusil, a rifle). Merciless means without mercy. So a merciless fusillade is a burst of gunfire without mercy. Clearly there is some metonymy (It is actually the gunners who are without mercy, not the gunfire) or personification (the human quality of mercilessness is attributed to the gunfire) going on here.
The base word for "merciless" is "mercy."
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The merciless dictator showed no mercy to those who opposed him.
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No it is a noun. An adjective is a descriptive word. If you were to say 'merciless dictator' merciless would be the adjective. or If you were to say he is dictatorial, 'dictatorial' is an adjective.
Merciless - Merciless album - was created in 2003.
"He was overpowered by the merciless onslaught."
frightful, ferocious, merciless, ...
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