Synonyms: 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
Definition: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
Usage: hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes; they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: language, linguistic communication
Definition: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
Usage: he taught foreign languages; the language introduced is standard throughout the text; the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
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
Similar words: snipe, round, assail, assault, attack, lash out
Definition: attack in speech or writing
Usage: The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker