salvo vs volley

salvo

noun
  • A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. 

  • An exception; a reservation; an excuse. 

  • A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley. 

  • Any volley, as in an argument or debate. 

  • The combined cheers of a crowd. 

verb
  • To discharge weapons in a salvo. 

volley

noun
  • The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired. 

  • A burst or emission of many things at once. 

  • The flight of a ball just before it bounces. 

  • A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground. 

  • A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. 

verb
  • To make a volley 

  • To sound together 

  • To fire a volley of shots 

  • To hit the ball before it touches the ground 

  • To be fired in a volley 

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