barrage
noun
- 1
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
the shelling went on for hours without pausing
- 2
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
a barrage of questions
a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
verb
- 1
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
The speaker was barraged by an angry audience
The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer
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