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