All volley synonyms
vol·ley
V v noun volley
- flareup — a sudden flaring up of flame or light.
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- drencher — One who, or that which, drenches.
- fusillade — a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
- crossfire — Crossfire is gunfire, for example in a battle, that comes from two or more different directions and passes through the same area.
- monsoon — the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.
- gunfire — the firing of a gun or guns.
- fire — combustion
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- cross-fire — lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- barrage — A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- ebullition — a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst.
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- rabidity — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- gunshot — the shooting of a gun: We heard three gunshots.
- cannonade — A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire.
- cannonading — a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
verb volley
- catapulted — an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
- hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- barraging — Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- lapidated — to pelt with stones.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- let fly — to move through the air using wings.