barrage

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from French barrage

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbæɹɑːʒ/
• (US) IPA: /bəˈɹɑːʒ/

Noun

barrage (plural barrages)

1. an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow
2. a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them (Wikipedia)
3. a concentrated discharge of projectile weapons
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

4. (by extension) an overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism
5. (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.

Translations

artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river

• Bulgarian: яз (bg) (jaz), бент (bg) (bent)
• Finnish: pato (fi)
• French: barrage (fr) m
• Greek: φράγμα (el) (frágma) n

• Romanian: baraj (ro) n
• Russian: заграждение (ru) (zagraždénije) n (barrier), плотина (ru) (plotína) f (dam), дамба (ru) (dámba) f (dam)
• Ukrainian: гребля (uk) (hrébl'a) m

heavy curtain of artillery fire

• Bulgarian: преграден огън (bg) (pregraden ogǎn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彈幕 (cmn), 弹幕 (cmn) (dànmù)

• Czech: baráž (cs) f
• Dutch: spervuur (nl) n

• Finnish: sulkutuli
• German: Sperrfeuer (de) n
• Japanese: 弾幕 (ja) (だんまく, danmaku)
• Russian: заградительный огонь (ru) (zagradítelʹnyj ogónʹ) m, огневой вал (ru) (ognevój val) m

concentrated discharge of projectile weapons

• Dutch: spervuur (nl) n
• Finnish: keskitys (fi)

• Russian: огневой вал (ru) (ognevój val) m, заградительный огонь (ru) (zagradítelʹnyj ogónʹ) m

overwhelming outburst of words

• Dutch: spervuur (nl) n
• Finnish: vuodatus (fi), tykitys (fi)

• Russian: поток (ru) (potók) m (слов), шквал (ru) (škval) m

"next hit wins" fight-off

• Bulgarian: бараж (bg) (baraž)
• Czech: baráž (cs) f

• Russian: барраж (ru) (barráž) m

Verb

barrage (third-person singular simple present barrages, present participle barraging, simple past and past participle barraged)

1. (transitive) to direct a barrage at; to bombard

Related terms

• barrage balloon
• barrage jamming
• rolling barrage

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French

Etymology

barrer + -age

Pronunciation

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Noun

barrage m (plural barrages)

1. dam, barrage
2. barrier

Anagrams

• bagarre, bagarré