barrage
Example Sentences
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The U.S. bases submarines in Guam, but China could hit the U.S. territory with a missile barrage early, possibly knocking out the island’s military facilities.
The score is a comical barrage of harp strums, as if heaven’s angels have gotten good and drunk.
From Los Angeles Times
Russia had continued its nightly barrages on Ukraine—including strikes on transportation infrastructure—but Moscow appeared to refrain or several days from direct assaults on energy.
Somewhere in that barrage he manages to say, “Hi.”
From Literature
The ensuing barrage of requests—combined with spiking ticket presales—set off a dinner bell everywhere from small-town cinemas to major multiplex chains.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
