Entry Word: barrage

Function: noun

Meaning: a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once <the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down>

Synonyms bombardment, cannonade, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley

Related Words broadside, burst, deluge, flood, flood tide, flush, gush, inundation, outburst, outflow, outpouring, overflow, spate, surge, torrent; current, river, stream, tide; excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms dribble, drip, trickle