Synonyms for volley
ˈvɒl ivol·ley

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1. fusillade, salvo, volley, burstnoun

   rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

   "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

   Synonyms:
   fusillade, outburst, fit, explosion, salvo, flare-up, burst

   Antonyms:
   ground stroke

2. volleyverb

   a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

   Synonyms:
   burst, fusillade, salvo

   Antonyms:
   ground stroke

3. volleyverb

   be dispersed in a volley

   "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"

   Antonyms:
   ground stroke

4. volleyverb

   hit before it touches the ground

   "volley the tennis ball"

   Antonyms:
   ground stroke

5. volleyverb

   discharge in, or as if in, a volley

   "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"

   Antonyms:
   ground stroke

6. volleyverb

   make a volley

   Antonyms:
   ground stroke

7. volleyverb

   utter rapidly

   "volley a string of curses"

   Antonyms:
   ground stroke

Matched Categories

1. • Court Game
   • Discharge
   • Hit
   • Play
   • Scatter
   • Utter

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1. volleynoun

   Synonyms:
   discharge, emission, burst, explosion, blast

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1. volleynoun

   Synonyms:
   salvo, outpouring, storm, discharge

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1. List of paraphrases for "volley":

   foley, salvo

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1. Dan Gainor:

   This is just the latest volley in Hollywood's war against faith, rather than simply deny the divine, ‘Angel From Hell’ seeks to denigrate it. They picked 'Glee' veteran Jane Lynch, who hates conservatives, to portray a disgustingly foul and perverted ‘angel.’.

2. Polk County:

   At that moment in time, we heard another volley and a woman scream and a baby whimper.

3. Paul Walker:

   Volley is tackling and solving one of the most difficult and important problems in machine learning: extracting knowledge from unstructured information.

4. Florida State Attorney Jeffrey Ashton:

   ( Todashev) went down, but Ibragim Todashev was not incapacitated. Ibragim Todashev came up again in an aggressive manner, and the officer then fired the second volley of three or four shots. Which at that point essentially incapacitated Ibragim Todashev, it would seem almost superhuman, but everything that we have learned in the investigation would show an individual who has a great deal of tolerance of pain and would more or less fight beyond it.

5. Gilles Muller:

   If I were coaching a young player I would teach them to serve and volley, 95 percent of the top 100 are not doing it so that means they never practise to prepare for a serve and volleyer coming at them. If you mix it up and throw in some serve and volley it makes the returner take more risks.