barrage

bar·rage ¹  (bärj)

n.

An artificial obstruction, such as a dam or irrigation channel, built in a watercourse to increase its depth or to divert its flow.

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[French, from barrer, to bar, from barre, bar, from Old French; see bar¹.]

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barrage [bar-rahzh]

Noun

1. a continuous delivery of questions, complaints, etc.

2. Mil the continuous firing of artillery over a wide area

3. a construction built across a river to control the water level [French barrer to obstruct]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	barrage - 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 language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
	2.	barrage - 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 firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
Verb	1.	barrage - 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 lash out, attack, snipe, assail, assault, round - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

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barrage

noun 1. bombardment, attack, bombing, assault, shelling, battery, volley, blitz, salvo, strafe, fusillade, cannonade, curtain of fire

noun 2. torrent, attack, mass, storm, assault, burst, stream, hail, outburst, rain, spate, onslaught, deluge, plethora, profusion

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1. A prearranged barrier of fires, except that delivered by small arms, designed to protect friendly troops and installations by impeding enemy movements across defensive lines or areas.
2. A protective screen of balloons that is moored to the ground and kept at given heights to prevent or hinder operations by enemy aircraft. This meaning also called balloon barrage.
3. A type of electronic attack intended for simultaneous jamming over a wide area of frequency spectrum. See also barrage jamming; electronic warfare; fires.

Translations

barrage [ˈbærɑːʒ] n (MIL) → cortina de fuego (= dam); presa;

(fig) [of criticism etc] → lluvia, aluvión m;

a barrage of questions → una lluvia de preguntas

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barrage [ˈbærɑːʒ] n (Mil) → tir m de barrage (= dam); barrage m;

(of criticism) → feu m

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barrage [ˈbærɑːʒ] n (Mil) → Sperrfeuer nt;

(dam) → Staustufe f (fig) (of criticism, questions etc) → Hagel m

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barrage [ˈbærɑːʒ] n (MIL) → sbarramento;

a barrage of questions → una raffica di or un fuoco di fila di domande