(~s)
1.
A ~ is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
The city has been flattened by heavy artillery ~s...
The capital is still under constant ~ by the rebel forces.
= attack
N-VAR: usu with supp
2.
A ~ of ideas, demands, questions, or criticisms is an aggressive and exhausting stream of them.
...the constant ~ of images urging that work was important.
= onslaught
N-VAR: oft N of n