barrage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: barrage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for barrage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrage n the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" Synonym(s): barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" Synonym(s): barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling v address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" Synonym(s): bombard, barrage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barrage \Bar"rage\, n. [F., fr. barrer to bar, from barre bar.] (Engin.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.