1. (

• barrage ,
• bombardment ,
• outpouring ,
• onslaught

) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" ;

2. (

• barrage ,
• barrage_fire ,
• battery ,
• bombardment ,
• shelling

) 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" ;

3. (

• bombardment ,

) the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) ;

4. (

• bombing ,
• bombardment ,

) an attack by dropping bombs ;