battery vs volley

battery

noun
  • The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired. 

  • Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal 

  • A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself. 

  • A coordinated group of artillery weapons. 

  • The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence. 

  • A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline. 

  • An array of similar things. 

  • The catcher and the pitcher together 

  • A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. 

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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