Barrage: An attack on a piece by more pieces than are defending it.

White to move
By 1. Qe4 White combines the mating threat Bishop + Queen barrage at h7 with a barrage against the Bishop at d4 by the Queen and Knight.
Barrage is frequently seen as a positional idea on a particular line or against a particular square. Alekhine and Reti both had a type of barrage named after them, known as 'guns'.
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