balloon barrage

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noun

a series of moored balloons, usually strung together and hung with cables, for impeding a low-level attack by enemy aircraft.

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Origin of balloon barrage

First recorded in 1915–20

Both were convinced that the Syrian military, not its rebels, were behind the deadly sarin barrage.
The Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad|Noah Shachtman, Michael Kennedy|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A half-an-hour earlier they had been caught in the middle of a mortar barrage in a skirmish with separatists.
Shakeup In the Ukraine Rebel High Command|Jamie Dettmer|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was like an un-tied balloon that had been inflated and immediately released.
Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve's Epic Friendship and the Greatest Williams Story Ever Told|Marlow Stern|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had grown so perfect and gentle and consoling that it was unbearable, she was a big, round smooth balloon without a face.
Tove Jansson, Queen of the Moomins|John Garth|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Great Texas Balloon Race on July 29th-August 4th feature daily races with some of the best balloon pilot talent in the game.
Balloon Races Are Suddenly Cool. Why? Because, Instagram|Starbucks|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For, at that moment Squinty stood up on his hind legs, as the boy had taught him, and walked over toward the big balloon basket.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Squinty cuddled down in the basket of the balloon, between two bags full of something, and shivered.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
There were a great many of them in the balloon, and Squinty thought they must have something good in them.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Si le barrage des Dardanelles n'était pas brisé, il serait tourné.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Mandy Ann had put on her best frock, a white one, stiff with starch, and standing out like a small balloon.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes