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Question 22 English Language 2011 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

In recent weeks, the writers William Dalrymple and Patrick French, among others, have come before a fusillade of criticism in India, much of it questioning not their facts, not their interpretations, but their foreignness. "Who gets to write about India?" The Wall Street Journal…

Which of the following would be the best substitute for the word 'fusillade' in the passage?

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