Search for word

Search

barrage

Nouns

• (n) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
  • a barrage of questions
  • a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
  bombardment, onslaught, outpouring,
• (n) 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
  barrage fire, shelling, bombardment, battery,

Verbs

• (v) 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
  bombard,

Synonyms

bombardment onslaught outpouring bombard barrage fire shelling battery

Words of close approximity