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[ UK /bˈæɹɑːʒ/ ]
[ US /bɝˈɑʒ/ ]
VERB
  1. 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
NOUN
  1. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
    a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
    a barrage of questions
  2. 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

How To Use barrage In A Sentence

  • The TV station has received a barrage of complaints about the amount of violence in the series.
  • Prepare to be bruised by a barrage of gentle nudging. Times, Sunday Times
  • To quell resistance, air strikes and artillery barrages were called in, largely demolishing the town.
  • Merkel went on television last night to try and limit the political fallout from her colleague's remarks, but she has encountered a barrage of criticism.
  • After facing a barrage of criticism from the aircraft industry, the federal government issued a call for a single tender last December, just days after Chretien left office.
  • The winch man was running out the cable, allowing the barrage balloon to rise.
  • Under a barrage of criticism from furious shopkeepers, the council admitted there were still no proper signs at the approaches to the town directing people to the public car parks.
  • The film star faced a barrage of criticism for his behaviour.
  • A situation might call for an Arclite barrage from a division of siege tanks or a deadly battleship salvo of a targeted area.
  • Bangladeshi water engineers say that Indian barrages, canals, reservoirs and irrigation schemes are slowly strangling the country and are stopping its development.
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