What is another word for barrages?

Pronunciation: [bˈaɹɑːʒɪz] (IPA)

Barrages are structures designed to control the flow of water in rivers and canals. Sometimes, though, we need other words to convey the same meaning. Alternatives include embankments, levees, dams, and weirs, all of which refer to various types of water management systems. Embankments are typically earthen structures built along the banks of a river or canal to prevent flooding, while levees are similar, but higher and often reinforced with concrete. Dams are artificial barriers used to create reservoirs for water storage, while weirs are small dams specifically designed to raise or lower the water level in a river or canal. Regardless of the term used, these structures all play an essential role in managing water resources.

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Usage examples for Barrages

Some of the bravest work was done by forward observing officers, who climbed to the top of Vimy Ridge as soon as it was captured, and through the heavy fire barrages reported back to the artillery all the movements seen by them in the country below.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
We have smashed their trenches, broken their telephone wires, imprisoned them in barrages through which no food can come.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Through the mist the enemy's shell-fire never ceases, and our guns reply with long bombardments and steady barrages.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs

Famous quotes with Barrages

  • ...Hades had opened its gates and vomited forth the basest, most despicable, most horrible demons. In the course of my life I had seen something of untrammeled human insights of horror of panic. I had taken part in a dozen battles in the First World War, had experienced barrages, gassings, going over the top. I had witnessed the turmoil of the postwar era, the crushing uprisings, street battles, meeting hall brawls. I was present among the bystanders during the Hitler Putsch in 1923 in Munich. I saw the early period of Nazi rule in Berlin. But none of this was comparable to those days in Vienna. What was unleashed upon Vienna had nothing to do with [the] seizure of power in Germany. ...What was unleashed upon Vienna was a torrent of envy, jealousy, bitterness, blind, malignant craving for revenge. All better instincts were silenced... only the torpid masses had been unchained. ...It was the witch's Sabbath of the mob. All that makes for human dignity was buried.
    Carl Zuckmayer

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