The meaning of Barrages

noun

A fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access.

Usage examples:

The mountain barrier between norway and sweden

noun

Anything used or acting to block someone from going somewhere or from doing something, or to block something from happening

Usage examples:

The secret service erected concrete barriers around the white house., jackie robinson was the afric…

noun

Something that prevents something else from happening or makes it more difficult

Usage examples:

Barrier (to sth) in an ideal world, there would be no barriers to the free movement of people betwe…

noun

A container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.

Usage examples:

A camera battery

noun

A device that produces electricity to provide power for radios, cars, toys, etc.

Usage examples:

What size battery do you need for the alarm clock?, you have to pass a whole battery of tests to ge…

noun

A device that produces electricity to provide power for cars, radios, etc.

Usage examples:

Charge/recharge a battery i need to recharge the batteries for my camera., a rechargeable battery, …

noun

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion.

Usage examples:

They were thrown backwards by the blast

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

exclamation

Expressing annoyance.

Usage examples:

‘blast! the car won't start!’

noun

An intensive or sudden military attack.

Usage examples:

A heavy artillery blitz

verb

Another term for lightning chess.

noun

A sudden and violent military attack, usually with bombs dropped from aircraft

Usage examples:

That computer needs an advertising blitz to sell it.

noun

A continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

Usage examples:

An aerial bombardment will precede the attack

noun

A fierce verbal attack.

Usage examples:

He launched a broadside against the economic reforms

adverb

With the side turned in a particular direction.

Usage examples:

The yacht was drifting broadside to the wind

verb

Collide with the side of (a vehicle).

Usage examples:

I had to skid my bike sideways to avoid broadsiding her

noun

A period of continuous heavy gunfire.

Usage examples:

The french attack began with a cannonade

verb

Discharge heavy guns continuously.

Usage examples:

Gunboats on the amur cannonaded during the night

noun

A small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope.

Usage examples:

The waterfall raced down in a series of cascades

verb

(of water) pour downwards rapidly and in large quantities.

Usage examples:

Water was cascading down the stairs

noun

A barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply.

Usage examples:

The dam burst after torrential rain

verb

Build a dam across (a river or lake).

Usage examples:

The river was dammed to form lake powell

noun

The female parent of an animal, especially a domestic mammal.

Usage examples:

One version is inherited from the dog's sire and one from its dam

noun

The action of defending from or resisting attack.

Usage examples:

Methods of defence against this kind of attack

noun

An argument or explanation which you use to prove that you are not guilty of something

Usage examples:

Now he says he's done nothing wrong, and i assume that will be his defence in court., a defense att…

noun

A long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.

Usage examples:

Ponds are separated by dikes that prevent flooding and provide access routes to the ponds for elect…

verb

Provide (land) with a wall or embankment to prevent flooding.

Usage examples:

They dyked the marshland along the rivers to provide pasture in summer

noun

A lesbian.

noun

A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.

Usage examples:

Chelsea embankment

noun

An artificial slope made of earth or stones

Usage examples:

A river embankment

noun

A series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.

Usage examples:

Marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles

verb

Fire a fusillade at (a place or person).

Usage examples:

The mahdi's adherents fusilladed his palace at khartoum

noun

A number of bullets fired at the same time or one after another quickly

noun

A hinged barrier used to close an opening in a wall, fence, or hedge.

Usage examples:

She closed the front gate

verb

Confine (a pupil or student) to school or college.

Usage examples:

He was gated for the rest of term

noun

(in place names) a street.

Usage examples:

Kirkgate

noun

The repeated firing of a gun or guns.

Usage examples:

They'd been caught up in gunfire in beirut

noun

The shooting of one or more guns, or the sound this makes

Usage examples:

We could hear gunfire but couldn't tell where it was coming from.

noun

Pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

Usage examples:

Rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof

verb

Hail falls.

Usage examples:

It hailed so hard we had to stop

exclamation

Expressing greeting or acclaim.

Usage examples:

Hail, caesar!

noun

The action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed.

Usage examples:

Walkers could proceed with the minimum of obstruction

noun

The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops.

Usage examples:

The rain had not stopped for days

verb

Rain falls.

Usage examples:

It was beginning to rain

Water falling in drops from vapor in the atmosphere

noun

A simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle.

Usage examples:

A deafening salvo of shots rang out

noun

A member of the salvation army.

Usage examples:

The salvation army's annual red shield appeal is coming up in may, and the salvos are looking for 1…

noun

A firing of several guns at the same time, either in a war or in a ceremony, or a statement in an exchange of opinions

Usage examples:

His opening salvo in the debate sparked a war of words.

verb

Bombard with shells.

Usage examples:

Several villages north of the security zone were shelled

noun

The hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean.

Usage examples:

Cowrie shells

noun

An explosive artillery projectile or bomb.

Usage examples:

The sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion

noun

A brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

Usage examples:

A day of sunny spells and scattered showers

verb

(of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower.

Usage examples:

Bits of broken glass showered over me

noun

A brief rain, or a light fall of snow

Usage examples:

A snow shower, a shower of sparks, a shower of confetti, he stays in the shower until there is no m…

noun

A sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate.

Usage examples:

The water gushed through the sluices

verb

Wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water.

Usage examples:

She sluiced her face in cold water

noun

An artificial channel for carrying water, with an opening at one end to control the flow of the water

Usage examples:

Water sluiced out from the pipes.

noun

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

Usage examples:

These kinds of storms can produce rain, hail snow, thunder and lightning.

verb

Move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She burst into tears and stormed off

noun

An extreme weather condition with strong winds and heavy rain or snow

Usage examples:

The storm left over a foot of snow on the ground., the new rent regulations raised a storm of criti…

noun

A small, narrow river.

Usage examples:

A perfect trout stream

verb

(of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She sat with tears streaming down her face

noun

A small river that flows on or below the surface of the ground

Usage examples:

Rivers are wider, deeper, and longer than streams., the faucet leaked in a steady stream., an endle…

noun

A number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time.

Usage examples:

The infantry let off a couple of volleys

verb

(in sport, especially tennis or soccer) strike or kick (the ball) before it touches the ground.

Usage examples:

She volleyed the ball home

noun

A large number of bullets or arrows fired at the same time

Usage examples:

A volley of questions, i was ahead in the first game, but then hit a bad volley and a bad forehand.

noun

A continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.

Usage examples:

A garden wall

verb

Another term for wall brown.

noun

A vertical structure that divides or encloses something

Usage examples:

The walls of the fortress were more than eighteen inches thick., we’d like the walls painted white.

noun

A low dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow.

Usage examples:

Reduced river flows, brought about by the construction of dams, weirs and water diversions, compoun…

noun

A wall built under the water across a river, over which the water flows from one level to another in a controlled way