: a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
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
barraged; barraging
: to deliver a barrage (see barrage entry 2) against
were barraged with bullets
being barraged by campaign ads before the election
Synonyms
Examples of barrage in a Sentence
Noun (2)
the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down
Verb
the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph
Recent Examples on the Web
Aliaksandr Kudrytski / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 June 2024
Prosecutor: Jones 'could’ve killed a lot more people' Jones, who refers to Gray as his uncle despite the pair being unrelated, observed part of the fight, tailed Lopez around the block to Russell Street and fired a barrage of bullets before fleeing the scene in his Chevrolet Impala.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 June 2024
After getting completely decimated in Dallas, the Celtics responded with a barrage of their own, dismantling the Mavericks 106-88 to claim their 18th NBA championship.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Projectile analysis determined it to be unlikely for the barrage of bullets to have hit the SUV while in motion, according to court records.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
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Noun
The ministry didn’t specify what infrastructure was hit. DTEK, the country’s largest power producer, said three workers were wounded in the barrage, which did serious damage to one of its thermal power plants.
—Aliaksandr Kudrytski / Bloomberg, TIME, 20 June 2024
Prosecutor: Jones 'could’ve killed a lot more people' Jones, who refers to Gray as his uncle despite the pair being unrelated, observed part of the fight, tailed Lopez around the block to Russell Street and fired a barrage of bullets before fleeing the scene in his Chevrolet Impala.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 June 2024
After getting completely decimated in Dallas, the Celtics responded with a barrage of their own, dismantling the Mavericks 106-88 to claim their 18th NBA championship.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Projectile analysis determined it to be unlikely for the barrage of bullets to have hit the SUV while in motion, according to court records.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for barrage
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“Barrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrage. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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