BARRAGE FIRE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
   Synonym(s)
   • barrage (what does barrage mean?)
   • battery (what does battery mean?)
   • bombardment (what does bombardment mean?)
   • shelling (what does shelling mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
   • the shelling went on for hours without pausing
   Hypernyms(s) barrage fire is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fire (what does fire mean?)
   • firing (what does firing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • blast (what does blast mean?)
   • shell (what does shell mean?)