Usually means: Sustained, concentrated discharges of artillery.
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  1. barrages: Merriam-Webster
  2. barrages: Collins English Dictionary
  3. barrages: Vocabulary.com
  4. Barrages, barrages: Wordnik
  5. barrages: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. barrages: Wiktionary
  7. barrages: Dictionary.com
  8. barrages: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. barrages: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. barrages: Legal dictionary

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  1. barrages: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (barrage)

noun:  An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
noun:  (military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
noun:  A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
noun:  (by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
noun:  (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
noun:  Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
verb:  (transitive) To direct a barrage at.
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