The minister had to face a barrage of questions from the press.
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Barrage
//bəˈɹɑʒ//
Synonyms for "barrage" (149 found)
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Strong matches (45)
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Noun(3 words)
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Translations
85 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- бараж noun ("next hit wins" fight-off)
- бент noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- преграден огън noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- яз noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
Catalan
2 entries- presa noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- resclosa noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 彈幕 /弹幕 noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
Czech
4 entries- baráž noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- baráž noun ("next hit wins" fight-off)
- hráz noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- palba noun (overwhelming outburst of words)
Dutch
4 entries- barrage noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- barrage noun ("next hit wins" fight-off)
- spervuur noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- spervuur noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
Finnish
4 entries- keskitys noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
- pata noun (type of firework)
- pato noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- sulkutuli noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
French
2 entries- barrage noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- tir de barrage noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
German
2 entries- Sperrfeuer noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- Stauwehr noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
Greek
4 entries- καταιγισμός noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- μπαράζ noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- μπαράζ noun (overwhelming outburst of words)
- μπαράζ noun ("next hit wins" fight-off)
Hindi
3 entries- झड़ी noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- झड़ी noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
- झड़ी noun (overwhelming outburst of words)
Indonesian
1 entries- barase noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
Italian
1 entries- fuoco di sbarramento noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
Japanese
3 entries- 弾幕 noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- 連弾 noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- 連弾 noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
Latin
1 entries- coniectus noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
Māori
2 entries- waiwaipū noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- waiwaipū noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
Polish
4 entries- grobla noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- lawina noun (overwhelming outburst of words)
- ogień zaporowy noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- zapora noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
Portuguese
2 entries- barragem noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- rajada noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
Romanian
1 entries- baraj noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
Russian
4 entries- барра́ж noun ("next hit wins" fight-off)
- да́мба noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- загради́тельный ого́нь noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- загради́тельный ого́нь noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
Spanish
4 entries- acribadura noun (overwhelming outburst of words)
- aluvión noun (overwhelming outburst of words)
- andanada noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- andanada noun (overwhelming outburst of words)
Swedish
4 entries- damm noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- fördämning noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
- spärreld noun (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
- spärreld noun (concentrated discharge of projectile weapons)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гре́бля noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
Welsh
1 entries- clawdd noun (artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The conservationist is against the building of a tidal barrage across the Severn estuary.
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Sami survived a barrage of bullets.
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Tom asked Mary a barrage of questions.
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