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单词 barrage
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barrage

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noun (1)

bar·​rage ˈbär-ij How to pronounce barrage (audio)
: a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation

barrage

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noun (2)

bar·​rage bə-ˈräzh How to pronounce barrage (audio) -ˈräj How to pronounce barrage (audio)
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

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verb

bar·​rage bə-ˈräzh How to pronounce barrage (audio) -ˈräj How to pronounce barrage (audio)
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

Kids Definition

barrage

noun

bar·​rage bə-ˈräzh How to pronounce barrage (audio)
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

barrage 1 of 2

noun

as in flurry
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

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  • flurry
  • bombardment
  • volley
  • hail
  • flood
  • fusillade
  • torrent
  • salvo
  • cannonade
  • blitzkrieg
  • tide
  • drumbeat
  • blitz
  • shower
  • avalanche
  • drumfire
  • storm
  • stream
  • deluge
  • surge
  • rash
  • inundation
  • outburst
  • burst
  • outpouring
  • spate
  • outflow
  • glut
  • earful
  • broadside
  • current
  • gush
  • overflow
  • river
  • discharge
  • surplus
  • cataract
  • flood tide
  • flush
  • overabundance
  • cataclysm
  • excess
  • engulfment
  • surfeit
  • overkill
  • oversupply
  • superabundance
  • overage
  • superfluity
  • overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • trickle
  • drip
  • dribble

barrage

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verb

as in to flood
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

  • flood
  • bombard
  • bomb
  • question
  • interrogate
  • pump
  • inundate
  • quiz
  • annoy
  • harass
  • grill
  • debrief
  • query
  • examine
  • pester
  • hound
  • cross-examine
  • catechize
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