Barrage

Barrage may refer to:

In music

  • Barrage (group), a Canadian violin ensemble, or
  • Barrage (album), their self-titled debut album

In engineering

  • Barrage (dam), a type of dam which consists of a line of large gates that can be opened or closed to control the amount of water passing the dam
  • Tidal barrage, an artificial obstruction at the mouth of a tidal watercourse

In military

  • Barrage (artillery), a line or barrier of artillery or depth charge fire
  • Barrage balloon, a tethered balloon intended to present an obstacle to attacking aircraft

In entertainment

  • Philadelphia Barrage, formerly a professional lacrosse team in Major League Lacrosse
  • Barrage (manga), a shōnen manga by Kōhei Horikoshi

Famous quotes containing the word barrage:

    “Are you more likely to tolerate drivel than you were four years ago? I think the answer is yes. Four years of Reagan has deadened the senses against a barrage of uninterrupted nonsense.”
    —Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)

    “The rising power of the United States in world affairs ... requires, not a more compliant press, but a relentless barrage of facts and criticism.... Our job in this age, as I see it, is not to serve as cheerleaders for our side in the present world struggle but to help the largest possible number of people to see the realities of the changing and convulsive world in which American policy must operate.”
    —James Reston (b. 1909)