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Noun barrage has 2 senses

barrage, outpouring, onslaught - the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
--₁ is a kind of language, linguistic communication

Derived form: verb barrage₁
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"
--₂ is a kind of fire, firing

Verb barrage has 1 sense

barrage - attack with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"
--₁ is one way to attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault

Derived form: noun barrage₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody