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Barrage is an English word with synonyms like bombardment or assail. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Barrage in a sentence

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Barrage meaning

  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.
  3. A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.

Synonyms of Barrage

bombardment assail round attack bombard firing fire shelling battery barrage fire linguistic communication language onslaught outpouring lash out

Using Barrage

  • The main meaning on this page is: An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow. | A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them. | A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
  • Useful related words include: bombardment, assail, round, attack.
  • In the example corpus, barrage often appears in combinations such as: barrage of, the barrage, with barrage.

Context around Barrage

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Barrage

  • In this selection, "barrage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, near, goolwa, channel, balloons, near and cavagnac stand out and add context to how "barrage" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 2 000 barrage balloons were and a barrage of hypersonic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "barrage" sits close to words such as backlog, casualty and creed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with barrage

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

A barrage of hypersonic missiles from Russia would render the new offensive by Ukraine useless. (15 words)

An overnight missile barrage on the capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. (17 words)

Cummins gets his first crack at Pope, forcing him into defence with a barrage of good length deliveries. (18 words)

Danker was dismissed without a pay-off after an independent investigation found his conduct, including sending a barrage of unwanted messages to a female colleague, 'fell short' of what was expected of him as the CBI's director general. (39 words)

Barrages The Koshi Barrage main A barrage dam is a special kind of dam which consists of a line of large gates that can be opened or closed to control the amount of water passing the dam. (37 words)

A stalker pointed a hunting knife at his ex-partner while threatening to kill her and sent a barrage of almost 1000 text messages to the woman, who at one stage hid in her roof terrified. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

They are the Goolwa Barrage, located at convert, Mundoo Channel Barrage at convert, Boundary Creek Barrage at convert, Ewe Island Barrage at convert, and Tauwitchere Barrage at convert.

Barrage balloons Eventually some 2,000 barrage balloons were deployed, in the hope that V-1s would be destroyed when they struck the balloons' tethering cables.

Barrages The Koshi Barrage main A barrage dam is a special kind of dam which consists of a line of large gates that can be opened or closed to control the amount of water passing the dam.

It support the Chashma barrage near Dera Ismail Khan use for irrigation and flood control. for The Taunsa Barrage near Dera Ghazi Khan produces 100,000 kilowatts of electricity.

Panoramic picture of the artificial lake of Lalla Takerkoust near Barrage Cavagnac, with the hydroelectric dam (far right) Near Barrage Cavagnac, there is a hydroelectric dam that has created the artificial lake Lalla Takerkoust.

A barrage of hypersonic missiles from Russia would render the new offensive by Ukraine useless.

An Israeli man in Holon was wounded and heavy damage was reported in a direct hit in Holon on Monday in a massive Hamas rocket barrage fired from Gaza at central Israel.

An overnight missile barrage on the capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people, Ukrainian officials said Saturday.

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A stalker pointed a hunting knife at his ex-partner while threatening to kill her and sent a barrage of almost 1000 text messages to the woman, who at one stage hid in her roof terrified.

As the barrage peeled through the hollows, reminding some of the action they had just seen in the forests of France, the advancing miners soon heard a different sound: deeper, earthshaking explosions.

A surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which combined gunmen breaching security barriers with a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza, was launched at dawn during the Jewish high holiday of Simchat Torah.

A torch is also a necessary toy for Kolya, amid frequent blackouts as Bakhmut faces a barrage of bombs.

Because Forceful Arrow applies Vulnerable after three shots and Barrage applies Vulnerable after three casts, there is a perfect synergy with Combo Points.

But a week later, as he carried wounded buddies, a German barrage zeroed in and a shell slammed into a tree.

But ever since his comments about growing religious intolerance in India a few years back, the barrage of attacks from Hindu right-wing groups have become more personal and concerted.

CCI and ARE are the darlings of Alpha I withstood the barrage but at these prices finally took a bite.

China is also expanding its nuclear arsenal and North Korea has recently stoked fears of a new nuclear test with a barrage of missile launches.

Counts’ first goal of the year was part of a barrage that kept the Saints in the DuKane Conference race with a 3-0 victory over host Geneva.

Cummins gets his first crack at Pope, forcing him into defence with a barrage of good length deliveries.

Danker was dismissed without a pay-off after an independent investigation found his conduct, including sending a barrage of unwanted messages to a female colleague, 'fell short' of what was expected of him as the CBI's director general.

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Common combinations with barrage

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "barrage" in a sentence?
An example: "They are the Goolwa Barrage, located at convert, Mundoo Channel Barrage at convert, Boundary Creek Barrage at convert, Ewe Island Barrage at convert, and Tauwitchere Barrage at convert." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "barrage" from authentic English texts.
What does "barrage" mean?
Barrage means: An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
What are synonyms of "barrage"?
Common synonyms of "barrage" include: bombardment, assail, round, attack, bombard, firing, fire, shelling. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "barrage" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "barrage", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.