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barrage
1859, "man-made barrier in a stream," from Fr.
barrer
"to stop," from
barre
"bar," from O.Fr.
barre
(see
bar
(1)). Artillery sense is 1916, from World War I Fr. phrase
tir de barrage
"barrier fire" intended to isolate the objective.
