Usually means: Large balloon to deter aircraft.
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  1. barrage balloon: Merriam-Webster
  2. barrage balloon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barrage balloon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. barrage balloon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. barrage balloon: Vocabulary.com
  6. barrage balloon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. barrage balloon: Wiktionary
  8. barrage balloon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. barrage balloon: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. barrage balloon: Dictionary.com
  11. Barrage balloon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. barrage balloon: Rhymezone
  13. barrage balloon: FreeDictionary.org
  14. barrage balloon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. barrage balloon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. barrage balloon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. barrage balloon: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (barrage balloon)

noun:  (historical, military) A tethered balloon, attached to the ground with a metal cable, intended to deter low-flying enemy aircraft; used especially in World War II.

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