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barrage1 definition

bar·rage (bə räz̸h′, -räj′)

noun

  1. a curtain of artillery fire laid down to keep enemy forces from moving, or to cover or prepare the way for one's own forces, esp. in attack
  2. a heavy, prolonged attack of words, blows, etc.

Etymology: Fr, in tir de barrage, barrier fire: see barrage

intransitive verb, transitive verb barraged -·raged′, barraging -·rag′·ing

to lay down a barrage (against); subject to a barrage
barrage2 definition

bar·rage (bär′ij, bar′-)

noun

a man-made barrier in a stream, river, etc. to deepen the water or channel it for irrigation; dam

Etymology: Fr < barrer, to stop < barre, bar

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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