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BARRAGE FIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barrage fire mean?
• BARRAGE FIRE (noun)
The noun BARRAGE FIRE has 1 sense:
1. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Familiarity information: BARRAGE FIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
barrage; barrage fire; battery; bombardment; shelling
Context example:
the shelling went on for hours without pausing
Hypernyms ("barrage fire" is a kind of...):
fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)
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