Pandemonium vs Barrage - What's the difference?
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(archaic) A place where all demons live; Hell.
* 1674 — , Book I
Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence.
* 2004 , Boston Globe , October 22
An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow
a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them ()
a concentrated discharge of projectile weapons
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, chapter=1 (by extension) an overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism
(fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
to direct a barrage at; to bombard
Pandemonium is a related term of barrage.
As nouns the difference between pandemonium and barrage
is that pandemonium is the imaginary capital of hell (often with a capital letter) while barrage is barrier.pandemonium
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Alternative forms
* pandaemonium *Noun
(en-noun)- And Trumpets sound throughout the Host proclaim
A solemn Councel forthwith to be held
At Pandæmonium , the high Capitol
Of Satan and his Peers.
- Whenever you have violent pandemonium , there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.
Synonyms
* (tumultuous or lawless violence): chaos * (an outburst): outburst, uproarbarrage
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,