barrage
1 of 3noun (1)
bar·rage ˈbär-ij 
: a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
barrage
2 of 3noun (2)
bar·rage bə-ˈräzh -ˈräj
-ˈräj 1
military : artillery fire laid on a line (see line entry 1 sense 6c) close to friendly troops to screen and protect them
The enemy laid down a barrage of machine-gun fire as our platoon approached the bridge.
2
: a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once
a barrage of phone calls
unleashed a barrage of insults
an oratorical barrage
barrage
3 of 3verb
bar·rage bə-ˈräzh -ˈräj
-ˈräj barraged; barraging
transitive verb
: to deliver a barrage (see barrage entry 2) against
were barraged with bullets
being barraged by campaign ads before the election
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- bombardment
- cannonade
- drumbeat
- drumfire
- flurry
- fusillade
- hail
- salvo
- shower
- storm
- volley
Verb
- bomb
- bombard
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Example Sentences
Verb the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
French, from barrer to bar, from barre bar
Noun (2)
French (tir de) barrage barrier fire
Verb
verbal derivative of barrage entry 2
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1837, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1918, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing barrage
Kids Definition
barrage
noun
bar·rage bə-ˈräzh
1
: a heavy and continuous firing of weapons during a battle
2
: a great amount of something that comes quickly and continuously
a barrage of commercials
barrages 1 of 2
noun
as in flurries
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- flurries
- volleys
- bombardments
- floods
- salvos
- hails
- torrents
- fusillades
- cannonades
- tides
- salvoes
- blitzkriegs
- drumbeats
- showers
- blitzes
- storms
- streams
- avalanches
- surges
- outbursts
- bursts
- inundations
- outpourings
- drumfires
- deluges
- rashes
- broadsides
- spates
- outflows
- discharges
- rivers
- currents
- overflows
- gushes
- earfuls
- cataracts
- flushes
- gluts
- cataclysms
- flood tides
- surpluses
- excesses
- overabundances
- oversupplies
- surfeits
- overages
- engulfments
- overkills
- superfluities
- superabundances
- overmuch
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- drips
- dribbles
- trickles
barrages
2 of 2verb
as in floods
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph Synonyms & Similar Words
- floods
- bombards
- bombs
- questions
- pumps
- quizzes
- debriefs
- queries
- inundates
- grills
- harasses
- interrogates
- annoys
- examines
- pesters
- hounds
- cross-examines
- catechizes