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barrage
[ buh-rahzh; especially British bar-ahzh bahr-ij ]
noun
- Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms:
a barrage of questions.
- Civil Engineering. an artificial obstruction in a watercourse to increase the depth of the water, facilitate irrigation, etc.
- Mycology. an aversion response of sexually incompatible fungus cultures that are growing in proximity, revealed by a persistent growth gap between them.
verb (used with object)
- to subject to a barrage.
barrage
/ ˈbærɑːʒ /
noun
- military the firing of artillery to saturate an area, either to protect against an attack or to support an advance
- an overwhelming and continuous delivery of something, as words, questions, or punches
- 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
- fencing a heat or series of bouts in a competition
verb
- tr to attack or confront with a barrage
the speaker was barraged with abuse
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of barrage1
Example Sentences
Navigating the barrage of email and updatesFeeling chided by all the communications coming from schools can increase caregivers’ stress.
In the fourth quarter, Mahomes led a 21-point barrage to cement the stunning comeback.
Another threat is presented by dams and barrages, which restrict the movement of dolphins.
Filmed with a GoPro camera, the video concludes with Ledbetter, who served in the Marine Corps from 2011 to 2015, blasting a wooden target with a barrage of bullets from a fully automatic AK-47-type carbine.
In interviews Tuesday, voters told The Washington Post that they viewed the runoff as yet another referendum on the outgoing president, who has made this state ground zero for his barrage of false claims.
Both were convinced that the Syrian military, not its rebels, were behind the deadly sarin barrage.
A half-an-hour earlier they had been caught in the middle of a mortar barrage in a skirmish with separatists.
The barrage and immediacy of these images magnifies these horrors.
Ultimately, The Slap becomes something heartwarming amidst the barrage of stinging smacks.
Styles quickly removed the photo from his Twitter account, but not before fielding a barrage of angry tweets.
Si le barrage des Dardanelles n'était pas brisé, il serait tourné.
Behind that cloud of gas the German troops advanced, protected by a heavy barrage and intense machine-gun fire.
The English boys fought and force-marched and fought again their terrible way through the barrage to our aid.
At that moment, there was a sudden rushing overhead, and an instant later the barrage began falling beyond the crest of the ridge.
A project is on foot at present for a work of this nature, a barrage on the Nazas.
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