volleys in English

noun
1
a number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time.
the infantry let off a couple of volleys
synonyms:barragecannonadebatterybombardmentsalvodischargefusilladestormhailshowerdelugetorrentbroadside
2
(in sports, especially tennis or soccer) a strike or kick of the ball made before it touches the ground.
The challenges included running, catching, balancing tennis balls on rackets and practising ground strokes and volleys .
verb
1
(in sports, especially tennis or soccer) strike or kick (the ball) before it touches the ground.
she volleyed the ball home
noun

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1. They fired in disciplined volleys.

2. His timing when he volleys is so good.

3. The battery was annihilated by those volleys in a moment.

4. The roar of artillery grew more distinct, mingled with the continuous volleys of musketry.

5. Rifle volleys from behind abatis caused the Confederates to stop for the night.

6. This forerunner of the musket is capable of firing deadly volleys that can pierce armour.

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8. The amygdala, which is central to violence, central to fear, initiates volleys of cascades that produce pulling of a trigger.

9. The Alluvion is a craftable post-Moon Lord bow and a direct upgrade of the Monsoon.It rapidly auto-fires volleys of ten arrows

10. At the Yellow Sea and Tsushima, pre-dreadnoughts exchanged volleys at ranges of 7,600–12,000 yd (7 to 11 km), beyond the range of the secondary batteries.

11. With at least three turtle ships (two of which were newly completed) spearheading the clash against the Japanese fleet, the Korean vessels fired volleys of cannonballs into the Japanese formation.

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13. The effects of conditioning high frequency tetanus on the magnitudes of these afferents and reflex volleys were examined in kittens of postnatal age 1–90 days and in adult cats.

14. The findings suggest that the absence of tendon reflexes in the Adie-syndrome may be due to delayed and desynchronized afferent volleys of the Ia-group in the proximal pathway near the spinal ganglion.

15. ‘The Ceremony of baptism celebrates an individual's entrance into Christianity.’ ‘When the religious Ceremony was over a firing party of seven fired three volleys of shots into the air.’ ‘Jewish boys are circumcised eight days after birth in a religious Ceremony called a bris.’

16. This stronghold was never threatened until the closing days of the war, when the Volunteers, Ambuscaded behind convenient trees and rocks, fired three volleys into a detachment of Sherman's stragglers, and quietly dispersed to the defense of their attendant wives and children.