barrage

See also:bârrage

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromFrenchbarrage(“barrage, barrier”)c. 1859. Comparebarrier.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈbæɹɑːʒ/
• (US)IPA^(key):/bəˈɹɑʒ/

  • Audio(US):

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  • Audio(New Jersey):

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• (anglicised)IPA^(key):/ˈbæɹɑːdʒ/,/ˈbæɹɪdʒ/
• Rhymes:(US)-ɑːʒ
• Hyphenation:bar‧rage

Noun

barrage(pluralbarrages)

1. Anartificialobstruction,such as adam,in ariverdesigned to increase itsdepthor to divert itsflow.

   Hyponym:dam

2. (military)A heavycurtainofartilleryfiredirected in front of one's own troops toscreenandprotectthem.
   • 2014,Edward G. Lengel,A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne Campaign,John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN,page350:

     The 75s of V Corps fired a standard rollingbarrage,while the larger 155 mm and 8-inch pieces fired standingbarrages500 meters beyond thebarrageline. For the rollingbarrage,one battery in each battalion fired low, bursting shrapnel instead of the standard high explosive.

3. Aconcentrateddischargeofprojectileweapons.
   • 2006,Edwin Black,chapter 1, inInternal Combustion‎^[1]:

     Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flamingbarragefrom 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)Anoverwhelmingoutburstofwords,especially ofcriticism.
   • 2016February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”,inThe Economist:

     Lesser lawyers who were vague in oral argument faced abarrageof sarcasm or, if he agreed with them, constant chiding to do better.

5. (fencing)A "next hit wins"contestto determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
6. Type offireworkcontaining a mixture of firework types in one single-ignitionpackage.

Derived terms

• balloon barrage
• barrage balloon
• barrage jamming
• counterbarrage
• rolling barrage
• tidal barrage

Translations

artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river

• Bulgarian:яз(bg)(jaz),бент(bg)(bent)
• Catalan:resclosa(ca)f,presa(ca)f
• Czech:přehrada(cs)f,hráz(cs)f
• Dutch:barrage(nl)f
• Finnish:pato(fi)
• French:barrage(fr)m
• German:Stauwehr(de)n
• Greek:φράγμα(el)n(frágma)
• Polish:grobla(pl)f,zapora(pl)f
• Portuguese:barragem(pt)f
• Romanian:baraj(ro)n
• Russian:загражде́ние(ru)n(zagraždénije)(barrier),плоти́на(ru)f(plotína)(dam),да́мба(ru)f(dámba)(dam)
• Spanish:presa(es)f,represa(es)f
• Swedish:fördämning(sv)c,damm(sv)c
• Ukrainian:гре́бля(uk)m(hréblja)
• Welsh:clawdd(cy)m

heavy curtain of artillery fire

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

  Mandarin:Làn đạn／Làn đạn(zh)(dànmù)

• Czech:baráž(cs)f,přehradná palba
• Dutch:spervuur(nl)n
• Finnish:sulkutuli,suojatuli
• French:tir de barrage(fr)m
• German:Sperrfeuer(de)n
• Hindi:झड़ी(hi)f(jhaṛī)
• Italian:fuoco di sbarramentom
• Japanese:Đạn mạc(だんまく, danmaku),Liền đạn(ja)(rendan)
• Maori:waiwaipū
• Polish:ogień zaporowym
• Russian:загради́тельный ого́ньm(zagradítelʹnyj ogónʹ),огнево́й валm(ognevój val)
• Spanish:bombardeo(es)m
• Swedish:spärreld(sv)c

concentrated discharge of projectile weapons

• Dutch:spervuur(nl)n
• Finnish:keskitys(fi)
• Hindi:झड़ी(hi)f(jhaṛī)
• Japanese:Liền đạn(ja)(rendan)
• Latin:coniectusm
• Maori:waiwaipū
• Portuguese:rajada(pt)f
• Russian:огнево́й валm(ognevój val),загради́тельный ого́ньm(zagradítelʹnyj ogónʹ)
• Swedish:spärreld(sv)c

overwhelming outburst of words

• Czech:palbaf,přívalm,záplava(cs)f
• Dutch:spervuur(nl)n
• Finnish:vuodatus(fi),tykitys(fi),vuolaskritiikki
• Greek:μπαράζ(el)n(baráz)
• Hindi:झड़ी(hi)f(jhaṛī)
• Polish:lawina(pl)f
• Russian:пото́к(ru)m(potók)(слов),шквал(ru)m(škval)
• Swedish:störtflod(sv)c,ström(sv)c

"next hit wins" fight-off

• Bulgarian:бараж(bg)(baraž)
• Czech:baráž(cs)f
• Dutch:barrage(nl)f
• Greek:μπαράζ(el)n(baráz)
• Russian:барра́ж(ru)m(barráž)

type of firework

• Finnish:pata(fi)

Verb

barrage(third-person singular simple presentbarrages,present participlebarraging,simple past and past participlebarraged)

1. (transitive)Todirecta barrage at.

   Synonym:bombard

   • 2020,Brit Bennett,The Vanishing Half,Dialogue Books, page259:

     Maybe now her daughter would stopbarragingher with questions about her past.

References

• “barrage,n.”,inOED Online⁠,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,launched 2000.

Further reading

• barrage (dam)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• barrage (artillery)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gabarre

French

Etymology

Frombarrer+‎-age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ba.ʁaʒ/~/bɑ.ʁaʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

barragem(pluralbarrages)

1. dam,barrage
2. barrier,roadblock
3. (sports)playoff

Derived terms

• faire barrage à
• tir de barrage

Descendants

• →Polish:baraż
• →Portuguese:barragem
• →Turkish:baraj

Further reading

• “barrage”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.
• “barrage”inCordial.
• “barrage”inDictionnaire français en ligneLarousse.
• “barrage”inLe Dictionnaire.

Anagrams

• bagarre,bagarré