barrage

CEFRC1

/ˈbæɹɑːʒ/

noun

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The conservationist is against the building of a tidal barrage across the Severn estuary.
The minister had to face a barrage of questions from the press.

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A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.

In context

Voters have faced a barrage of disinformation, particularly on social media.
Lesser lawyers who were vague in oral argument faced a barrage of sarcasm or, if he agreed with them, constant chiding to do better.
Maybe now her daughter would stop barraging her with questions about her past.

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The 75s of V Corps fired a standard rolling barrage, while the larger 155 mm and 8-inch pieces fired standing barrages 500 meters beyond the barrage line. For the rolling barrage, one battery in each battalion fired low, bursting shrapnel instead of the standard high explosive.
2014, Edward G. Lengel, A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 350
Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
Lesser lawyers who were vague in oral argument faced a barrage of sarcasm or, if he agreed with them, constant chiding to do better.
2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist
Maybe now her daughter would stop barraging her with questions about her past.
2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 259

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Unadapted borrowing from French barrage (“barrage, barrier”) c. 1859. Compare barrier.