noun
- a curtain of artillery fire laid down to keep enemy forces from moving, or to cover or prepare the way for one's own forces, esp. in attack
- a heavy, prolonged attack of words, blows, etc.
Origin:
Fr, in tir de barrage, barrier fire: see barrage
intransitive verb, transitive verb barraged, barraging
to lay down a barrage (against); subject to a barrage