barrage

Definition of barrage

Nouns

the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
"a barrage of questions"
Synonyms:
bombardment, onslaught, outpouring
Type of:
language, linguistic communication
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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"
Synonyms:
barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
Type of:
fire, firing
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

Verbs

address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
"The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"
Synonyms:
bombard
Type of:
assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe
attack in speech or writing

Vocabulary Lists for barrage

GRE Super 4800 Plus »(4851 words)
  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

GRE Words »(500 words)
GRE study word list
  • abate
  • abdication
  • aberration
  • abet
  • abeyance

Melba Pattillo Beals's Warriors Don't Cry »(96 words)
A good vocabulary List from Warriors Don't Cry.
  • accolade
  • adamant
  • adversary
  • amend
  • amended

Khamza_Vocabulary_in_VT »(1449 words)
  • noxious
  • spur
  • speck
  • bound
  • repugnance

B-list »(154 words)
  • bar
  • blunder
  • bristly
  • baronial
  • bore

feelings »(5461 words)
open
  • happy
  • alive
  • good
  • understanding
  • great

Words that contain barrage

barrage balloon
 barrage fire
 barrage jam
 barrage jamming