barrage

barrage is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
2. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: battery, bombardment, shelling

3. noun. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

   "a barrage of questions"

   "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

   Synonyms: bombardment, onslaught, outpouring

4. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: bombard

Synonyms

battery, bombardment, shelling, onslaught, outpouring, bombard

Common word forms

barraged, barrages, barraging

Words from these letters

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