: a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
1
military
: artillery fire laid on a line (see line entry 1 sense 6c) close to friendly troops to screen and protect them
The enemy laid down a barrage of machine-gun fire as our platoon approached the bridge.
2
: a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once
a barrage of phone calls
unleashed a barrage of insults
an oratorical barrage
barraged; barraging
: to deliver a barrage (see barrage entry 2) against
were barraged with bullets
being barraged by campaign ads before the election
Synonyms
Examples of barrage in a Sentence
Verb
the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph
Recent Examples on the Web
Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
When Mia starts to receive a barrage of degrading texts, as a protective mother,
Madelyn is determined to find out who is harassing her daughter and will do anything to help her, bringing them closer together again.
—Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
In another video posted online on February 28 in the same area, a man can be seen carrying a bag of flour over his shoulder after a barrage of gunfire is heard followed by injured people being lifted from the scene on blankets.
—Katie Polglase, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Trump has also raged against the gag order in the case, which stymied a near daily barrage of social media posts claiming Merchan was biased due to his daughter's work.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
The landscape now includes unicorn startups such as Mistral and Together AI, and boasts a constant barrage of new open-source AI models that are getting ever closer to beating OpenAI’s flagship GPT-4 at various performance benchmarks.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
It was planned for Miami even before an alliance of armed gang leaders launched a deadly barrage of attacks on Port-au-Prince on Feb. 29, bringing the entire capital to an standstill.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
That is, until the barrage of unfounded complaints about Queen of Sheba’s hygiene levels began.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
Instead, locations around the country began shuttering by the dozens, with landlords claiming unpaid rent and a fresh barrage of lawsuits and investigations over overdue bills and wages.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Israel left the Gaza Strip almost two decades ago and, followed by a violent coup by Hamas, watched as the terrorist group diverted humanitarian aid to tunnels and offshore bank accounts, deprived its citizens, and barraged Israel with rockets.
—TIME, 20 Feb. 2024
In other videos, Russian forces can be seen being barraged by U.S.-supplied cluster munitions.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
Instantly, Heffernan said, trolls descended, barraging her with anti-Semitic and misogynistic messages.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
Like in 2013, when the nonprofit punk fanzine Razorcake applied for a tiny Los Angeles-area FM station on the same signal as an EMF translator down in Orange County, and EMF barraged it with complaints about potential interference.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
One of the biggest DDoS defense firms in the world could no longer handle the scale of the data torrent barraging his site.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
For about 20 seconds, McAbee, body weighed about 300 pounds, was on top of Wayte while rioters barraged the officer on all sides.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
The disaster declaration from President Joe Biden on Tuesday stemmed from storms that barraged Cook County from June 29 to July 2 and will free up federal funding for the thousands who incurred damage, according to an announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
Noun
Tornadoes, flooding cause widespread damage across Gulf Coast The system unleashed a barrage of severe weather conditions across the Gulf Coast on Wednesday, leading to mass power outages, travel disruptions, widespread damage and flooding in New Orleans.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
When Mia starts to receive a barrage of degrading texts, as a protective mother,
Madelyn is determined to find out who is harassing her daughter and will do anything to help her, bringing them closer together again.
—Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
In another video posted online on February 28 in the same area, a man can be seen carrying a bag of flour over his shoulder after a barrage of gunfire is heard followed by injured people being lifted from the scene on blankets.
—Katie Polglase, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Trump has also raged against the gag order in the case, which stymied a near daily barrage of social media posts claiming Merchan was biased due to his daughter's work.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
The landscape now includes unicorn startups such as Mistral and Together AI, and boasts a constant barrage of new open-source AI models that are getting ever closer to beating OpenAI’s flagship GPT-4 at various performance benchmarks.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
It was planned for Miami even before an alliance of armed gang leaders launched a deadly barrage of attacks on Port-au-Prince on Feb. 29, bringing the entire capital to an standstill.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
That is, until the barrage of unfounded complaints about Queen of Sheba’s hygiene levels began.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
Instead, locations around the country began shuttering by the dozens, with landlords claiming unpaid rent and a fresh barrage of lawsuits and investigations over overdue bills and wages.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Verb
Cybersecurity pros are barraged by dozens, if not hundreds, of cybersecurity products added as acronyms.
—R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Israel left the Gaza Strip almost two decades ago and, followed by a violent coup by Hamas, watched as the terrorist group diverted humanitarian aid to tunnels and offshore bank accounts, deprived its citizens, and barraged Israel with rockets.
—TIME, 20 Feb. 2024
In other videos, Russian forces can be seen being barraged by U.S.-supplied cluster munitions.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
Instantly, Heffernan said, trolls descended, barraging her with anti-Semitic and misogynistic messages.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
Like in 2013, when the nonprofit punk fanzine Razorcake applied for a tiny Los Angeles-area FM station on the same signal as an EMF translator down in Orange County, and EMF barraged it with complaints about potential interference.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
One of the biggest DDoS defense firms in the world could no longer handle the scale of the data torrent barraging his site.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
For about 20 seconds, McAbee, body weighed about 300 pounds, was on top of Wayte while rioters barraged the officer on all sides.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
The disaster declaration from President Joe Biden on Tuesday stemmed from storms that barraged Cook County from June 29 to July 2 and will free up federal funding for the thousands who incurred damage, according to an announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
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