barrage — OAT

barrage

noun

1 the artillery began to lay down a barrage:

bombardment, gunfire, cannonade, battery, blast, broadside, salvo, volley, fusillade;

storm, hail, shower, cascade, rain, stream, blitz;

shelling, wall/curtain/barrier of fire.

2 a barrage of criticism:

abundance, mass, superabundance, plethora, profusion;

deluge, stream, storm, torrent, onslaught, flood, spate, tide, avalanche, hail, burst, blaze;

outburst, outpouring.

3 a barrage across the River Usk:

dam, weir, barrier, dyke, defense, embankment, wall, obstruction, gate, sluice.