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1. (n.) barrage
a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect troop movements or to stop an enemy advance.
2. barrage
an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms:
a barrage of questions.
3. barrage
an artificial obstruction in a watercourse to increase the depth of the water, facilitate irrigation, etc.
4. (v.t.) barrage
to subject to a barrage.
Etymology: (1855–60; < F: blocking, barrier)
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1. (noun) barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
"a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"
2. (verb) barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
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 shelling went on for hours without pausing"
3. (verb) bombard, barrage
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
"The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"
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1. barrage
a long attack with guns or bombs
an artillery barrage
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) barrage
an artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. barrage
1. A prearranged barrier of fires, except that delivered by small arms, designed to protect friendly troops and installations by impeding enemy movements across defensive lines or areas. 2. A type of electronic attack intended for simultaneous jamming over a wide area of frequency spectrum. See also barrage jamming; electronic warfare; fires.
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Sense: something that keeps back an enemy
a barrage of gunfire.
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 Afrikaans: spervuur |
 Arabic: حاجِز نيران لِصَدِّ العَد |
 Bulgarian: бараж |
 Brazilian: bombardeio |
 Czech: přehrada |
 German: das Sperrfeuer |
 Danish: spærreild |
 Greek: φράγμα για την προστασία |
 Spanish: barrera, cortina de fuego |
 Estonian: tõkestus |
 Farsi: سد آتش |
 Finnish: sulkutuli |
 French: tir de barrage |
 Hebrew: הַפגָזָה |
 Hindi: आड़ |
 Croatian: baražna vatra |
 Hungarian: zárótűz |
 Indonesian: berondongan tembakan |
 Icelandic: stórskotahríð |
 Italian: sbarramento |
 Japanese: 弾幕 |
 Korean: 일제 엄호 사격 |
 Lithuanian: užtvara |
 Latvian: aizsprostojums; sprostugu |
 Malay: bedilan |
 Dutch: spervuur |
 Norwegian: sperreild, sperring |
 Polish: zapora |
 Persian: سد آتش |
 Pashto: (مخه نيونه، ددښمن د تېرېد |
 Portuguese: bombardeio |
 Romanian: baraj |
 Russian: заградительный огонь |
 Slovak: zátarasa; palebná uzávera |
 Slovenian: zapora |
 Serbian: baražna vrata |
 Swedish: spärreld |
 Thai: การสกัดกั้นคู่ต่อสู้ |
 Turkish: baraj ateşi, yaylım ateşi |
 Taiwanese: 掩護 |
 Ukrainian: загороджувальний вогонь |
 Urdu: دشمن کے لئے رکاوٹ |
 Vietnamese: hàng rào |
 Chinese: 掩护 |
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