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Synonyms for volley

Most common

blast burst salvo fusillade flurry

Definitions

  1. n. 1

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

Related words

Phrases
scorpion volley

Forms

Plural
volleys → salvos, fusillades, bursts, blasts…

Example sentences

  • blast News of the recent blast is all over the radio.
  • burst When she saw her test score, she burst into tears.
  • salvo The press secretary faced a salvo of questions from the reporters.
  • flurry Everyone hoped for a snow flurry for Christmas.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
volleyrising
blaststeady
burstrising
salvorising
fusilladerising
flurryrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
storm1, blast1, burst1, salvo2, dakka
6 letters
flight1, flurry2
9 letters
explosion3, discharge2, fusillade3
10 letters
outpouring3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (salvo2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
volée
Italiano
stormo
Deutsch
Schwarm