| slovo | definícia |
barrage
(mass) | barrage
- priehrada, bombardovať |
barrage
(encz) | barrage,bombardovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
barrage
(encz) | barrage,palba n: Zdeněk Brož |
barrage
(encz) | barrage,přehrada n: Zdeněk Brož |
Barrage
(gcide) | Barrage \Bar"rage\, n. [F., fr. barrer to bar, from barre bar.]
(Engin.)
An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or
watercourse to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages
of the Nile.
[1913 Webster] |
barrage
(wn) | barrage
n 1: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic
communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of
questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his
mistake" [syn: barrage, bombardment, outpouring,
onslaught]
2: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than
hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of
the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours
without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire, battery,
bombardment, shelling]
v 1: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a
barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience";
"The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon
to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage] |
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Barrage
(gcide) | Barrage \Bar"rage\, n. [F., fr. barrer to bar, from barre bar.]
(Engin.)
An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or
watercourse to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages
of the Nile.
[1913 Webster] |
barrage balloon
(wn) | barrage balloon
n 1: an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net
suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low |
barrage fire
(wn) | barrage fire
n 1: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than
hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front
of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours
without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire,
battery, bombardment, shelling] |
barrage jam
(wn) | barrage jam
v 1: jam an entire frequency spectrum; "During the Cold War, the
Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with
transmissions from the West" |
barrage jamming
(wn) | barrage jamming
n 1: electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies
simultaneously |
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