From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]