broadside, fusillade, barrage, riposte, barb, skirmish, onslaught, counterpunch, volley, missive, haymaker, diatribe, blunderbuss, putdown, counterattack, zinger, battle, blitzkrieg, brickbat, sniping, retort, rebuke, gambit, invective, tirade, blistering, sucker punch, duel, potshot, rejoinder, rebuttal, jab, fiercest, thunderbolt, prelude, knockout punch, outburst, smackdown, counterblast, vitriolic, foray, counteroffensive, slugfest, tussle, grapeshot, cannonade, flurry, humdinger, bombshell, sizzler, brushback, scattergun, saber rattling, withering, rant, cordite, jibes, showdown, blows, doozy, popgun, firing, parting, counterchallenge, fieriest, remarks, countersuit, jeremiad, blasting, denouncement, rebuff, exocet, girding, scorcher, ante, hurrahs, brimstone, donnybrook, sally, adversary, multistage rocket, forray, countermove, clash, rival, tracer bullet, shocker, wallop, criticisms, pitting, screed, stoush, slanging match, denunciation, daisy cutter, fury, parries, throwdown, musketry, flare, heralds, overture, salvos, burst, spate, blast, sortie, round, bout, concert, advertisement, avalanche, launch, lunge, rush, barrages, chorus, consignment, cannon, gun, torpedo, antiaircraft, bullet, calibre, deafening, musket, pistol, ricochet, rifle, rocket, shot, ack, aircraft, approach, arm, arms

burst, cheer, fire, firing, flare-up, outburst

burst, fusillade, volley