Usually means: Continuous, rapid outpouring or firing.
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  1. barrage: Merriam-Webster
  2. barrage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barrage, barrage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. barrage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. barrage: Vocabulary.com
  6. Barrage, barrage: Wordnik
  7. barrage: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. barrage: Wiktionary
  9. barrage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. barrage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. barrage: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Barrage, barrage: Dictionary.com
  13. barrage: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. barrage: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Barrage (Barrage album), Barrage (Paul Bley album), Barrage (artillery), Barrage (dam), Barrage (film), Barrage (group), Barrage (manga), Barrage (video game), Barrage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Barrage: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. barrage: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. barrage: Rhymezone
  19. barrage, barrage (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. barrage: FreeDictionary.org
  21. barrage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. barrage: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. barrage: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. barrage: Legal dictionary

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  1. Barrage (engineering), Barrage (military), barrage: Encyclopedia

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  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Barrage: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Barrage: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
noun:  (military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
noun:  A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
noun:  (by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
noun:  (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
noun:  Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
verb:  (transitive) To direct a barrage at.

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