Thesaurus results for BARRAGING

barraging

verb

present participle of barrage

as in bombarding

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 barraging But Mark, in Ronson’s telling, quickly grows antagonistic, abruptly asking Ronson to sign an NDA, then later barraging him with suspicious texts and threatening him with a pair of goons. — Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

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To decode information about the cosmic matter bombarding Earth, scientists must use computers to simulate the rainstorm of particles in air.

— Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Second, tritium does not occur naturally in meaningful quantities, meaning reactors must breed their own fuel by bombarding lithium-bearing blankets with neutrons.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bombarding

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Ukraine has been systematically bombing some of those refineries, severely curtailing the global supply of diesel fuel.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
The person in the White House has asked Ukraine to stop bombing Russian refineries and oil/gas/diesel facilities.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombing

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And Hill sent board members a 14-page memorandum with more than 200 pages of exhibits, alleging the board had tried to extort her and questioning ties between board members and CMS contractors.

— Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
But Rubin’s song selection and line of questioning never toss the artist a curious misfire or label fiasco to unpack.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

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