All barrage synonyms
barΒ·rage
B b noun barrage
- shower β a person or thing that shows.
- salvo β a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- hail β to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- fusillade β a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
- bombardment β A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- storm β Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ΛteΙͺ ΙΛdΙr ΛvΙlt sΙn/ (Show IPA), 1817β88, German poet and novelist.
- volley β the simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles or firearms.
- blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- gunfire β the firing of a gun or guns.
- stream β a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- deluge β A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
- burst β If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- onslaught β an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- assault β An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
- surge β a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- rain β water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- torrent β a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- battery β Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and children's toys.
- cannonade β A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire.
- fire β combustion
- discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- broadside β A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- crossfire β Crossfire is gunfire, for example in a battle, that comes from two or more different directions and passes through the same area.
- mass β the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- plethora β overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
verb barrage
- cannonading β a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- launch β to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- bomb β A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
- set in motion β prompt, cause to begin
- pick off β the act of choosing or selecting; choice; selection: to take one's pick.
- set off β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- torpedo β a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- bombard β If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
- let fly β to move through the air using wings.
- shying β bashful; retiring.
- lapidate β to pelt with stones.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- bung β A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask.
- open fire β start shooting
- ply β British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- pepper β a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
- peppering β a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
- blitzed β inebriated; drunk
- peppered β a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
- gunned β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- shoot β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- gunning β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- strafe β to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.
- open up β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.