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Definitions for Barrage

[1] Military . a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
[2] an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms: a barrage of questions.
[3] Civil Engineering . an artificial obstruction in a watercourse to increase the depth of the water, facilitate irrigation, etc.
[4] Mycology . an aversion response of sexually incompatible fungus cultures that are growing in proximity, revealed by a persistent growth gap between them.
[5] to subject to a barrage.
[6] military the firing of artillery to saturate an area, either to protect against an attack or to support an advance
[7] an overwhelming and continuous delivery of something, as words, questions, or punches
[8] a usually gated construction, similar to a low dam, across a watercourse, esp one to increase the depth of water to assist navigation or irrigation
[9] fencing a heat or series of bouts in a competition
[10] (tr) to attack or confront with a barrage the speaker was barraged with abuse

Words related to Barrage

shower, salvo, hail, fusillade, bombardment, storm, volley, blast, gunfire, stream, deluge, burst, onslaught, assault, surge, attack, rain, torrent, battery, cannonade

Words nearby Barrage

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Origin of Barrage

1855–60; < French: blocking, barring off, barrier, equivalent to barr(er ) to bar1 + -age -age; artillery sense by ellipsis from French tir de barrage barrier fire

Word origin for Barrage

C19: from French, from barrer to obstruct; see bar 1

Synonyms for Barrage

blast, bombardment, fusillade, gunfire, hail, salvo, shelling, shower, storm, volley, battery, broadside, cannonade, crossfire, discharge, enfilade, fire, curtain of fire