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BARRAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

Example:

the shelling went on for hours without pausing

Synonyms:

barrage; barrage fire; battery; bombardment; shelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("barrage" is a kind of...):

fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

Example:

a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake

Synonyms:

barrage; bombardment; onslaught; outpouring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("barrage" is a kind of...):

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Derivation:

barrage (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage

Example:

The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer

Synonyms:

barrage; bombard

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "barrage" is one way to...):

assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

barrage (the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written))

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