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Synonyms for volley

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vol-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɒl i

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Définition of volley

Origin :
  • 1570s, "discharge of a number of guns at once," from Middle French volee "flight" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *volta, fem. noun from Latin volatum, past participle of volare "to fly" (see volant). Sporting sense (originally in tennis) is from 1819 (v.), 1862 (n.), from notion of hitting the ball in flight.
  • noun barrage
Example sentences :
  • At the bridge they met the British infantry, who gave them a volley.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • He fired his volley of explanation at his employer with the rapidity of a Maxim gun.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Volley after volley was poured into the dense mass, at deadly range.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • "Hope they don't wing one another," he remarked of the askaris' volley.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • A cry of surprise was raised, and drowned in a volley of ribald inquiry and chaff.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • A woodpecker's telegraphy broke the quiet like a volley of pistol shots.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • Thus our volley became the more terrifying since it was unexpected.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The first volley had perhaps been the signal, and the fight was on.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Then they sent down volley after volley from every available weapon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • Then he threw a handful of small pebbles like a volley of grape-shot.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
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