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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage |
| Synonyms: | battery, bombardment, burst, cannonade, crossfire, enfilade, firing, fussilade, gunfire, hail, round, salvo, shelling, shower, storm |
| Main Entry: | barrage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon fire |
| Synonyms: | battery, blast, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, crossfire, curtain of fire, discharge, enfilade, fire, fusillade, gunfire, hail, salvo, shelling, shower, storm, volley |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion |
| Synonyms: | bang, blow-up, burst, crash, detonation, discharge, dynamite, eruption, outbreak, outburst, salvo, volley |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detonation |
| Synonyms: | barrage, blast, burst, explosion, firing, fusillade, report, salvo, shot, shower, volley |
| Antonyms: | loading |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage of projectiles |
| Synonyms: | attack, bombarding, bombardment, bombing, cannonade, cannonading, crossfire, explosion, fusillade, hail, round, salvo, shelling, sniping, volley |
| Main Entry: | fusillade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rapid outburst |
| Synonyms: | barrage, broadside, burst of fire, hail, salvo, volley |
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | torrent |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, hailstorm, pelting, rain, salvo, shower, storm, volley |
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rain down on |
| Synonyms: | barrage, batter, beat down upon, bombard, pelt, shower, storm, volley |
| Antonyms: | dribble, drip |
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