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Barrage

Barrage Meaning & Definition
Barrage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Barrage?

[n] the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
[n] the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
[v] attack with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Barrage: barrage fire | battery | bombardment | onslaught | outpouring | shelling

Related Terms | Find terms related to Barrage: aim at | antiaircraft barrage | arch dam | backstop | bamboo curtain | bank | bar | barrier | bear-trap dam | beat | beating | beaver dam | blast | blitz | bombard | bombardment | boom | box barrage | breakwater | breastwork | brick wall | broadside | buffer | bulkhead | bulwark | burst | cannon | cannonade | cannonry | cofferdam | commence firing | creeping barrage | dam | defense | dike | ditch | drum | drum music | drumbeat | drumfire | drumming | earthwork | embankment | emergency barrage | enfilade | eruption | fence | fire a volley | fire at | fire upon | flare | flutter | fusillade | gate | gravity dam | groin | hail | hydraulic-fill dam | iron curtain | jam | jetty | leaping weir | levee | logjam | milldam | moat | mole | mortar | mortar barrage | mound | normal barrage | open fire | open up on | outburst | palpitation | paradiddle | parapet | patter | pepper | pitapat | pitter-patter | pop at | portcullis | pound | pounding | pulsation | rake | rampart | rataplan | rat-a-tat | rat-tat | rat-tat-tat | rattattoo | roadblock | rock-fill dam | roll | rub-a-dub | ruff | ruffle | salvo | seawall | shell | shoot | shoot at | shower | shutter dam | snipe | snipe at | spatter | splutter | spray | sputter | staccato | standing barrage | stone wall | storm | strafe | stream | surge | take aim at | tat-tat | tattoo | throb | throbbing | thrum | thumping | tom-tom | tornado | torpedo | volley | wall | weir | wicket dam | work | zero in on

See Also | assail | assault | attack | fire | firing | language | lash out | linguistic communication | round | snipe

Barrage In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar"rage\, n. [F., fr. barrer to bar, from barre bar.] (Engin.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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