Word Finder - barrage

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An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.

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A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.

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A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.

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(by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.

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A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.

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Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.

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To direct a barrage at.

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• bombard

At this point a barrage is built across the river.

The buildings blocked the sun, and the barrage of sensations overwhelmed her.

The old man opened the door with a barrage of questions, allowing Dean no chance to escape the interrogation.

Each barrage was provided with locks to pass Nile boats 160 by 28 ft.

He returned to his rocker, sipped his beer and began to patiently answer the barrage of Fred's questions about his day's activities.

Assiut stands near the west bank of the Nile across which, just below the town, is a barrage, completed in 1902, consisting of an open weir, 2733 ft.

During the summer of 1898 the Rosetta barrage was worked under a pressure of 14 ft.

The barrage rests entirely on the alluvial bed of the Nile.

He was barely persuaded from ordering the barrage to be built with stone from the pyramids!

The barrage is the greatest, but by no means the only important masonry work in Lower Egypt.

There being at its head no weir across the Nile, the water in the Ibrahimia canal used to rise and fall with that of the river, and so the supply was apt to run short during the hottest months, as was the case with the canals of Lower Egypt before the barrage was built.

It unleashed an artillery barrage of paper on the staff rooms of England.

A 10-mile tidal barrage has been proposed for the Severn estuary from the west of Cardiff to Somerset.

The second of our unsigned events focus's on the non-stop barrage of rock bands coming out of Britain in 2004.

The barrage failed to cut the enemy wire and deep dugouts protected German troops.

Approaching the coastline they were suddenly coned in searchlights and caught in a barrage of very accurate flak.

I only heard it because there had been a momentary lull in the barrage from the big guns.

The proposed Severn Barrage has sluices to allow water to enter the storage basin behind the dam.

Slept all morning thro ' terrific barrage of our guns supporting 151 Bde.

On a night out whether they're facing a barrage of paparazzi or not!

If you asked a fellow Christian single a barrage of moral and ethical questions on the first date, this could easily be perceived as bombastic and even rude.

A barrage of rumors hit the press, some blaming Lopez for the split with others placing responsibility squarely on the shoulders of Anthony.

Unfortunately, contrary to what seems like a barrage of praise, the game is far from perfect.

Life is hard enough for little ones to acclimate to without a barrage of ever-changing rules.

Electronics companies continue to release a steady barrage of mini stereo systems and radio clocks for public consumption.

A detoxification fasting diet is said to halt the barrage of dietary toxins while supporting your natural detoxification system using fruit and vegetable juices and, sometimes, herbal teas.

This " barrage scheme " was discussed at considerable length, and its theoretical advantages were not universally admitted.

At the western end of the barrage begins the Ibrahimia canal, the feeder of the Bahr Yusuf, the largest irrigation canal of Egypt.

The barrage at the head of the Nile delta, and the regulating sluices across the Nile at Assiut and Esna in Upper Egypt below Assuan, are examples of draw-door weirs, with their numerous openings closed by sluice-gates sliding on free rollers, which control the discharge of water from the river for irrigation.

The heads of the existing old canals, taken out of the river at intervals throughout the delta, were to be closed, and the canals themselves all put into connexion with the three high-level trunk lines taken from above the barrage.

As originally designed, the flooring of the barrage from up-stream to downstream face was 111.50 ft.

The western, or Behera, canal was thoroughly cleared out and remodelled; and thus the whole delta irrigation was supplied from above the barrage.

The outlay on the barrage between 1883 and 1891 amounted to about £460,000.

Since 1890 the barrage has done its duty without accident, but a work of such vast importance to Lower Egypt required to be placed beyond all risk.

He projected a railway to the Sudan, and also the reparation of the barrage.

A barrage could supply much of South Wales and the West Country, but would dramatically alter the local environment.

In the field opposite to us close to Bablake playing field, there used to be barrage balloon based.

They advanced behind a creeping barrage - a curtain of falling shells which crept forward just ahead of them.

Some in the group are strong enough to withstand the continuous barrage, dishing it back or just ignoring the stupid, vicious taunts.

Between the two of them, they keep up a relentless barrage of badinage.

Imagine the effect of a sustained barrage of this ferocity on even a lightly manned trench.

German bombers passed through the balloon barrage at Billingham.

The barrage traps high water creating a head of water, like a hydroelectric dam.

That barrage had yet to unfold in its full ferocity.

Not so for DJ Sam Seed, who played his set of fabulous full-on funky hip-hop under a barrage of some stunningly gormless heckling.

This barrage of quantitative performance indicators makes the whole educational process measurable, calculable.

He rushed to open a third story window after listening to hours of droning monotone on the Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill.

In the meantime German artillery kept up their relentless barrage on allied positions.

As he well expected, he then came under a barrage of abuse, and was swaggering about, reveling in the attention.

Even though the units flew off shelves, Sony received a barrage of complaints of units shipping with defects.