canarder

Informal verb for firing repeatedly at a target from a hidden or elevated position — canarder l'ennemi depuis les fenêtres. In sports commentary, especially football, it also means to blast repeated shots at goal (canarder le gardien).

• Les tireurs canardaient les soldats depuis les toits. — The gunmen were sniping at the soldiers from the rooftops.
• L'attaquant a canardé le gardien toute la seconde mi-temps. — The forward fired shot after shot at the goalkeeper all through the second half.
• On s'est fait canarder dès qu'on est sortis à découvert. — We got shot at the moment we stepped into the open.

Canarder implies a barrage of repeated shots, not a single shot — tirer covers one shot; canarder specifically evokes sustained, almost casual gunfire, echoing its literal root canard (duck, as in sitting ducks).