Meaning

1 senses

  1. To direct a barrage at.

    address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage

Examples

12 sentences

  1. We've recently received a barrage of complaints.

    ruНедавно мы получили шквал жалоб. — RusVictoric1993

    deWir haben kürzlich einen Schwall von Beschwerden erhalten. — Yorwba

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  2. Sami survived a barrage of bullets.

    ruСами выжил под градом пуль. — RusVictoric1993

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  3. Tom was barraged with unsolicited advice.

    ruТома завалили непрошеными советами. — Ooneykcall

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  4. Tom asked Mary a barrage of questions.

    ruТом завалил Марию вопросами. — Ooneykcall

    deTom stellte Maria eine Vielzahl an Fragen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Voters have faced a barrage of disinformation, particularly on social media.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

barrages, barraging, barraged, barraged
Base formbarrage · to barrage
3rd person singularbarrages
Present participlebarraging
Past simplebarraged
Past participlebarraged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybarrage
he, she, itbarrages

Past simpleLesson

all personsbarraged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave barraged
he, she, ithas barraged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill barrage

Synonyms

1 synonyms
bombardB2
Close in meaning
  • address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage:bombard

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
baronbaroqueC2barracksbarrelB1barrenB2
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