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bar⋅rage
[buh-rahzh; especially Brit. bar-ahzh for 1, 2, 4, 5; bahr-ij for 3]
noun, verb, -raged, -rag⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops. |
| 2. | an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms: a barrage of questions. |
| 3. | Civil Engineering. an artificial obstruction in a watercourse to increase the depth of the water, facilitate irrigation, etc. |
| 4. | Mycology. an aversion response of sexually incompatible fungus cultures that are growing in proximity, revealed by a persistent growth gap between them. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to subject to a barrage. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Barrage
Bar"rage\, n. [F., fr. barrer to bar, from barre bar.] (Engin.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : barrage
Spanish:
barrera, cortina de fuego,
German:
das Sperrfeuer,
Japanese:
弾幕
barrage
1859, "man-made barrier in a stream," from Fr. barrer "to stop," from barre "bar," from O.Fr. barre (see bar). Artillery sense is 1916, from World War I Fr. phrase tir de barrage "barrier fire" intended to isolate the objective.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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