: 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
Examples of barrage in a Sentence
Noun (2)
the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down
Verb
the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph
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Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
Russia launched its largest barrage of drones and missiles in a month across Ukraine, killing at least three people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, as a Kyiv delegation heads to the United States for fresh peace talks.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
Justin Pot, Wired News, 15 Nov. 2025
The rest remained silent as Israel was barraged with accusations by fellow classmates.
—Sarah Meira Schlager, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
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Noun
The scoring barrage started less than 30 seconds into the quarter.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
Russia launched its largest barrage of drones and missiles in a month across Ukraine, killing at least three people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, as a Kyiv delegation heads to the United States for fresh peace talks.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
Verb
Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are all adding colorful buttons and pop-ups to their user interface, and barraging their customers with marketing emails, all of which are loudly begging users to try out the new AI features.
—Justin Pot, Wired News, 15 Nov. 2025
The rest remained silent as Israel was barraged with accusations by fellow classmates.
—Sarah Meira Schlager, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
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“Barrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrage. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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