death blossom
n.— «The Group’s training includes weapons discipline, as the Iraqis are known for firing their weapons liberally when attacked. The Iraqis typically fire their weapons in all direction, in what is known as the “death blossom.”» —“Iraqi police ‘soft targets’ as US attempts to train for takeover” by Bill Roggio The Raw Story (Washington, D.C.) Dec. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Katie in Everett, Washington, is curious about the expression If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no need for tinkers. What is a tinker? She heard this phrase on the television series The Gilded Age, in response to a character who...
This term is also in the movie “The Last Starfighter” when the space ship spins and shoots its weapons in all directions.