Barrage

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Barrage Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) [syn: outpouring, onslaught]
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 fire, battery, bombardment, shelling] v : attack with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"

Barrage Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Barrage: Barrage may refer to: In engineering. Barrage (dam), a type of dam which consists of a line of large gates that can be opened or closed to ...
Barrage (artillery): A barrage is a line or barrier of exploding artillery shells , created by the co-ordinated aiming of a large number of guns firing ...
Philadelphia Barrage: The Philadelphia Barrage were a Men's Field Lacrosse team that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the 2004 season until the ...
Severn Barrage: The Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal ...
Barrage (dam): A wikt:barrage | barrage is a type of dam which consists of a line of large gates that can be opened or closed to control the amount of ...
Cardiff Bay Barrage: The Cardiff Bay Barrage lies across the mouth of Cardiff Bay , Wales between Queen Alexandra Dock and Penarth Head . It was one of the ...
Tidal barrage: A tidal barrage is a dam-like structure used to capture the energy from masses of water moving in and out of a bay or river due to tidal ...
Barrage (Transformers): Barrage is the name of two characters in the Transformers universes . Both Barrages are from the original line of Transformers, and they ...
Swansea barrage: The Swansea barrage (or the Tawe barrage) was completed in 1992 creating a new marina at the mouth of the River Tawe extending the ...

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