Definition of "barrages" [barrages]

• Plural form of barrage. (noun)

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• "The barrages are the latest example of violence in Mogadishu that has displaced some 37,000 people in recent weeks, swelling an internal refugee population of 1.1 million, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said on Monday."
• "There were many other things to think of -- bombs and grenades, attacks and counter-attacks, "barrages" and trench mortars, and all the other things about which we love to discourse learnedly when we come home on leave."
• "It is a quick-firing weapon and is used against attacking masses and for the various kind of barrages, including an anti-aircraft barrage."