barrage
See also: bârrage
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
barrage (plural barrages)
- an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow
- a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them (Wikipedia)
- a concentrated discharge of projectile weapons
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion[1]:
- Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
- (by extension) an overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism
- 2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist:
- Lesser lawyers who were vague in oral argument faced a barrage of sarcasm or, if he agreed with them, constant chiding to do better.
- (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
TranslationsEdit
artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river
heavy curtain of artillery fire
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concentrated discharge of projectile weapons
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overwhelming outburst of words
"next hit wins" fight-off
VerbEdit
barrage (third-person singular simple present barrages, present participle barraging, simple past and past participle barraged)
- (transitive) to direct a barrage at; to bombard