barrage of criticism

collocation in English

meaningsofbarrageandcriticism

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barrage
noun
uk
/ˈbær.ɑːʒ/us
/bəˈrɑːʒ/
the action of continuously firing large guns to protect soldiers advancing on ...
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criticism
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
the act of saying that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofbarrageandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, they soon were forced to abandon these plans after running into a powerfulbarrageofcriticism.
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The policing of these events forced the authorities to confront abarrageofcriticism, especially from the unionist community.
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He was met the following week with abarrageofcriticismfrom his own customers.
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They try to do the best they can, but always meet abarrageofcriticism.
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A strongbarrageofcriticismis directed against them which only a strong-minded education committee, earnest about the welfare of its children, can withstand.
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The achievements of private enterprise are greater under abarrageofcriticismthan they ever were when its tenets were regarded with almost religious fervour.
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He has been subjected to abarrageofcriticismever since, but, as events have shown, how right he has been.
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There has been a flow of opinion in its favour; but it has also created abarrageofcriticism.
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To have to face a dailybarrageofcriticismfrom disappointed applicants must make a difficult task soul-destroying.
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Our councillor friends had to face abarrageofcriticismtwo years ago when they had to cut back public expenditure.
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She expressed considerable concern about the constantbarrageofcriticismof teachers.
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Many of us have been in the position of receiving a constantbarrageofcriticismfor some task that we have undertaken in public life.
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We have a largebarrageofcriticismaddressed to local government, and we first ought to clarify this criticism in two categories.
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So when a judge is sometimes faced with abarrageofcriticismof what he has done or omitted to do, of course the temptation is to be defensive.
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His first attempt to publish it, however, caused abarrageofcriticismfrom professional writers in the press.
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The mistake opened the door to opponents of the other changes to unleash abarrageofcriticism.
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They have faced abarrageofcriticismfor their decision.
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Its initial release was met with abarrageofcriticism, particularly from the tabloid press.
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Franklin, as colonial agent, was forced to listen to abarrageofcriticism, and was dismissed as colonial postmaster general.
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The photographer has noted that, in at least two cases, newspaper stories commenting on the image have attracted abarrageofcriticismfrom readers who found the image disturbing.
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Becker's immensely popular views were also subjected to abarrageofcriticism, most of it blaming him for neglecting the influence of other biological, genetic effects and personal responsibility.
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