barrage

Noun

• 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
    

• the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
  • a barrage of questions
    
  • a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
    

Verb

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  barrage fire , battery , bombardment , shelling , outpouring , onslaught , bombard