as in flurries
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
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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 barrages
Vasilisa Stepanenko, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
The fighting included fighter jet sorties, exchanges of rocket fire and artillery barrages.
—CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The next day, Thailand launched airstrikes and artillery barrages on Cambodia along the border.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
His arrival comes amid a new wave of Russian drone and missile barrages that have targeted Ukraine’s civilian and energy infrastructure.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
The strike followed ballistic missile and drone barrages the previous night that claimed two lives in the capital and two more in Dnipropetrovsk.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Having friends secures Israel’s place in the region and the world, as the remarkable coordinated response to Iranian missile barrages should’ve made clear.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
On a firing range ringed by forest at the Borisovsky Training Ground in central Belarus, ABC News and other media watched Russian and Belarusian aircraft, helicopters, tanks and artillery unleash barrages as part of a mock battle against fictitious Western forces.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Russia attacked a thermal power plant in the Kyiv region earlier this week, as Moscow continued its long-range, cross-border barrages despite Trump expressing his frustration at such strikes.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
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Russian barrages are aiming at power plants and large substations, and procuring replacement equipment such as transformers can take months, according to Dennis Sakva, an energy sector analyst at Dragon Capital, a Ukrainian investment company.
—Vasilisa Stepanenko, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
The fighting included fighter jet sorties, exchanges of rocket fire and artillery barrages.
—CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
The next day, Thailand launched airstrikes and artillery barrages on Cambodia along the border.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
His arrival comes amid a new wave of Russian drone and missile barrages that have targeted Ukraine’s civilian and energy infrastructure.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
The strike followed ballistic missile and drone barrages the previous night that claimed two lives in the capital and two more in Dnipropetrovsk.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Having friends secures Israel’s place in the region and the world, as the remarkable coordinated response to Iranian missile barrages should’ve made clear.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
On a firing range ringed by forest at the Borisovsky Training Ground in central Belarus, ABC News and other media watched Russian and Belarusian aircraft, helicopters, tanks and artillery unleash barrages as part of a mock battle against fictitious Western forces.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Russia attacked a thermal power plant in the Kyiv region earlier this week, as Moscow continued its long-range, cross-border barrages despite Trump expressing his frustration at such strikes.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrages
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Temperatures will steadily drop to near 0 degrees Farnhite late Friday night, with breezy conditions and a few flurries or light snow showers accompanying the frontal passage.—
Trey Fulbright,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The California native seemed charmed by the flurries, sticking her tongue out to catch a snowflake in midtown Manhattan.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2026
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If Venezuela and its region instead spiral into chaos and suffering, Trump will merely look like a bully, a president who cowers when facing the mighty — in Moscow or Beijing, say — but bombs those who can’t return fire, whether in Nigeria, Yemen or Venezuela.—
Andreas Kluth,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Above, South Lake Tahoe ripper Emma Dayberry bombs through Kirkwood’s fabled Finger chutes, a quick traverse off of the Cornice Express six-pack chairlift.—
Drew Zieff,
Outside,
7 Nov. 2025
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Straight-line rockets, swerving bends, dipping volleys.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Dec. 2025
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The men might follow such tracks for a week or more to catch up to the animals, then disorient the tiger families by releasing dogs or volleys of gunfire, causing the cats to scatter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Nov. 2025
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Those missions are especially timely, given Chicago's unhoused population floods the system for shelter for a place to stay warm when temperatures plummet.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The structure floods the retina with sugar to fuel its anaerobic engine and rapidly vacuums out lactate waste, preventing the build-up of toxic byproducts in the bloodless eye.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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On Monday, Russia launched one of its largest-ever bombardments of Kyiv.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Zelenskyy has made clear his chief aim is to secure better defenses for Ukraine amid Russia’s constant aerial bombardments of civilian targets like cities, energy infrastructure and hospitals, and his big-ticket item is the American Tomahawk missile.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Social media bombards our minds with images that trigger envy and self-doubt, keeping our nervous systems in a chronic state of stress.—
Dr. Daniel Amen,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
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So examples of cognitive skills or processes include your ability remember stuff, learn new skills and information, pay attention to other people and your surroundings, speak and listen and process everything that bombards you each and every day.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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While effective in salvoes, limited quantities and launcher availability could constrain Ukraine’s operational use.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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In 2017, soaking storms led to flooding that caused $100 million in damage in downtown San Jose and the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people when the spillway at Oroville Dam, the nation’s tallest dam, in Butte County, partially collapsed under torrents of water.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Without intervention, water flows off the steep slopes in torrents, rapidly stripping away soil.—
Stephen Acabado,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Barrages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrages. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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