barrage (noun)
1barrage — noun 1 firing of guns ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, intense, massive ▪ artillery, missile, mortar, rocket VERB + BARRAGE …
2barrage — ► NOUN 1) a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area. 2) an overwhelming succession of questions or complaints. 3) Brit. an artificial barrier across a river to control the water level. ► VERB ▪ bombard with questions or complaints.… …
3barrage balloon — noun an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low • Hypernyms: ↑airship, ↑dirigible • Hyponyms: ↑kite balloon * * * ˈbarrage balloon 7 [barrage balloon] …
4barrage — noun 1) an artillery barrage Syn: bombardment, gunfire, shelling, salvo, volley, fusillade; historical broadside 2) a barrage of criticism Syn: deluge, stream, storm, torrent …
5barrage — noun 1) an artillery barrage Syn: bombardment, cannonade; gunfire, shelling; salvo, volley, fusillade; historical broadside 2) a barrage of criticism Syn: deluge, stream, storm, torrent …
6barrage fire — noun 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 • Syn: ↑barrage, ↑battery, ↑bombardment, ↑shelling •… …
7barrage — I noun artillery fire, assault, attack, blare, blast, blitz, bombardment, bombings, boom, broadside, burst, cannonade, clamor, concentration, covering fire, cross fire, explosions, fire, gunfire, protective fire, roar, salvo, shelling, shower,… …
8barrage reception — noun Etymology: barrage (I) : a system of radio reception in which interference from one or more directions is prevented (as by directional properties of antennas) …
9barrage balloon — noun Date: circa 1920 a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks …
10barrage balloon — noun A tethered balloon, attached to the ground with a metal cable, intended to deter low flying enemy aircraft; used especially in World War II …
