barrage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
a barrage of questions
Types & categories
- language hypernym
Related & opposite
- barrage derivation
Sense 2 verb
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
The speaker was barraged by an angry audience
Types & categories
- lash out hypernym
Related & opposite
- bombardment derivation
Sense 3 noun
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
Types & categories
- firing hypernym
Related & opposite
- shell derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barrage |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | language |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bombardment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lash out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shell |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | firing |