barrage
/bəˈɹɑʒ/noun, verb2 syllables
Barrage means: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.
Synonyms for barrage7
noun, as in the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
noun, as in the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
verb, as in address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
What does barrage mean?3
noun
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 rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)“a barrage of questions”
verb
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage“The speaker was barraged by an angry audience”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with barrage?8
Barrage in a sentence
- Voters have faced a barrage of disinformation, particularly on social media.Cangarejo
- The minister had to face a barrage of questions from the press.sundown
- Rodrigo endured a barrage of hateful messages and derogatory slurs online.Amastan
- The minister had to endure a barrage of questions from the press.tatoebashrek
- The constant barrage of negative headlines took a toll on my mental health.Nuel
- The conservationist is against the building of a tidal barrage across the Severn estuary.FarnworthPatrick
- A barrage of rockets and mortars rained down on the Moroccan outpost.Amastan
- Sami survived a barrage of bullets.OsoHombre
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of barrage
as a noun
- plural
- barrages
as a verb
- past tense
- barraged
- present participle
- barraging
- third-person singular
- barrages
- past participle
- barraged