barraged

past tense of barrage
as in bombarded
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph

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Recent Examples of barraged Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads. Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026 Residents of Syracuse, New York — America’s snowiest city — once barraged a service hotline with street neglect complaints during blizzards, even if plows had passed two hours earlier but the work was hidden by fresh snow. Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026 We’re often barraged with a series of facts, dates and notable events, and the results can be dry as dust. Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 After Warren Buffett’s death, Susie, Howie and Peter will become three of the most important philanthropists in the world, scrutinized by the media, widely followed by other wealthy donors and barraged with requests for funds. Robert Frank, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barraged
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  • The average consumer is bombarded from every direction with news and shorts and explainers and how-tos.
    Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The agents bombarded local election officials with requests for voting histories and other records, some dating back decades.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • As men, women and children flooded across the border between Morocco and Spain, into the autonomous city of Ceuta at the end of July, European populists and anti-immigrant politicians capitalized on the shocking images of human desperation.
    Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • And now, since Panettiere's death, fans have again flooded Neutrogena's social media.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Barraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barraged. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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