as in flurries
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the teacher's rapid-fire barrage of homework assignments went by too fast for me to write them all down
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as in bombs
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the star athlete was barraged with requests for an autograph
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Recent Examples of barrages
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Once relying on its massive missile arsenal, advances in Israeli intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance have neutered its previous strategy of relying on simultaneous barrages of missiles to overwhelm Israeli missile defenses.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2026
Surely that painful lesson helped Brunson weather the Spurs barrages.
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Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
Paltrow also has a record of weathering barrages of negative public opinion.
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Kelly Hartog,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
Russia answered with overnight drone barrages on Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa, while Kyiv touts fresh pledges of air defense systems and near-expiry interceptor missiles from unnamed partners.
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Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
The strikes came a day after Russian forces launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding 138, as Moscow followed through with its threat of escalating its regular barrages.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
Moscow has launched mass barrages of missiles and drones at Ukraine almost daily since the full-scale offensive began in 2022, also hitting infrastructure and causing civilian deaths.
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CBS News,
24 May 2026
Russia has dramatically escalated its aerial assaults in the recent week after the end of the short ceasefire, launching massive drone barrages targeting cities and logistical hubs across Ukraine, including areas near NATO territory close to the Polish border.
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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These strategic American missile defenses, in Israel and elsewhere in the region, significantly boosted Israeli defenses against Iranian barrages during that war.
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Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Once relying on its massive missile arsenal, advances in Israeli intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance have neutered its previous strategy of relying on simultaneous barrages of missiles to overwhelm Israeli missile defenses.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2026
Surely that painful lesson helped Brunson weather the Spurs barrages.
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Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
Paltrow also has a record of weathering barrages of negative public opinion.
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Kelly Hartog,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2026
Russia answered with overnight drone barrages on Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa, while Kyiv touts fresh pledges of air defense systems and near-expiry interceptor missiles from unnamed partners.
—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
The strikes came a day after Russian forces launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, killing at least 22 civilians and wounding 138, as Moscow followed through with its threat of escalating its regular barrages.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
Moscow has launched mass barrages of missiles and drones at Ukraine almost daily since the full-scale offensive began in 2022, also hitting infrastructure and causing civilian deaths.
—
CBS News,
24 May 2026
Russia has dramatically escalated its aerial assaults in the recent week after the end of the short ceasefire, launching massive drone barrages targeting cities and logistical hubs across Ukraine, including areas near NATO territory close to the Polish border.
—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrages
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There is even a remote possibility for a few flurries in the highest peaks of the Sierra on Saturday and Sunday nights with temps briefly below freezing.
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Even then, there are flurries of intense activity.
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The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
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The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
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Down a match point during the tiebreak, Williams showed a glimpse of her vintage game, using aces, serves and volleys and winning extended rallies to force a third set.
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The 10 tracks of Ton Up are at once his briskest and heaviest yet, miniaturizing his trademark loops of Dillafied psychedelia into speaker-rattling sample snippets that bombard uptempo house beats in dizzying volleys.
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This is the essence of GPS spoofing, in which an attacker floods a GPS receiver with deceptive signals.
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Melatonin floods the brain and body, telling each cell that night has come.
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Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
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The bombardments have largely occurred in south Lebanon, near the border with Israel, and around Beirut, near the airport.
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The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.
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The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.
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While effective in salvoes, limited quantities and launcher availability could constrain Ukraine’s operational use.
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One significant problem, however, is that red dwarfs spit out harmful torrents of radiation in fierce gusts of their stellar winds, which can strip away a planet's atmosphere.
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Heavy rainfall in the area caused torrents and increased the risk of landslides, making rescue operations more difficult, state media said.
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