Main entry: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
Definition: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Usage: they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops; the shelling went on for hours without pausing
Main entry: onslaught, outpouring, bombardment, barrage
Definition: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
Usage: a barrage of questions; a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
Definition: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
Usage: The speaker was barraged by an angry audience; The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer