What is the meaning of barrage?

noun

• The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written. )
  • usage: "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"
  • synonyms: bombardment, outpouring, onslaught
• The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.
  • usage: "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
  • synonyms: barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling

verb

• Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage.
  • usage: "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"
  • synonyms: bombard