The enemy fired a volley of shots at us.
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Volley
//ˈvɒli//
Synonyms for "volley" (77 found)
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1 entriesmanner of
5 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 27 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yaylım noun (simultaneous fire)
Belarusian
1 entries- залп noun (simultaneous fire)
Bulgarian
2 entries- воле́ noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
- залп noun (simultaneous fire)
Catalan
2 entries- salva noun (simultaneous fire)
- volea noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 排槍射擊 /排枪射击 noun (simultaneous fire)
- 齊射 /齐射 noun (simultaneous fire)
Czech
4 entries- hromadná palba noun (simultaneous fire)
- salva noun (simultaneous fire)
- salva noun (burst or emission)
- volej noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
Dutch
3 entries- in de vlucht genomen bal noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
- salvo noun (simultaneous fire)
- vlucht noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
Finnish
4 entries- ilmalento noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
- lentolyönti noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
- syöksy noun (burst or emission)
- tulva noun (burst or emission)
French
2 entries- salve noun (simultaneous fire)
- volée noun (simultaneous fire)
Galician
3 entries- salva noun (simultaneous fire)
- volea noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
- volea noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
Georgian
2 entries- ბათქი noun (burst or emission)
- ზალპი noun (simultaneous fire)
German
4 entries- Flugball noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
- Salve noun (simultaneous fire)
- Volley noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
- Volley noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
Greek
1 entries- βολέ noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
Hebrew
3 entries- ווֹלֵה noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
- יַעַף noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
- מַטָּח noun (simultaneous fire)
Irish
3 entries- rois noun (simultaneous fire)
- rois noun (burst or emission)
- rúisc noun (simultaneous fire)
Italian
2 entries- raffica noun (simultaneous fire)
- volée noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
Japanese
1 entries- 斉射 noun (simultaneous fire)
Macedonian
4 entries- волеј noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
- волеј noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
- залп noun (simultaneous fire)
- плотун noun (simultaneous fire)
Māori
4 entries- waipū noun (simultaneous fire)
- waipūtanga noun (simultaneous fire)
- waipūtanga noun (burst or emission)
- waiwaipū noun (simultaneous fire)
Polish
4 entries- salwa noun (simultaneous fire)
- salwa noun (burst or emission)
- strzał noun (burst or emission)
- wolej noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
Portuguese
4 entries- salva noun (simultaneous fire)
- saraivada noun (simultaneous fire)
- voleio noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
- vólei noun (flight of a ball before it bounces)
Romanian
1 entries- salvă noun (simultaneous fire)
Russian
1 entries- залп noun (simultaneous fire)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- volej noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
Spanish
4 entries- salva noun (simultaneous fire)
- volea noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
- voleo noun (shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground)
- volear verb (to hit the ball before it touches the ground)
Swedish
2 entries- salva noun (simultaneous fire)
- salva noun (burst or emission)
Ukrainian
1 entries- залп noun (simultaneous fire)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Markets are nervous about another volley of tariff threats from President Donald Trump that would hit German cars and French wine, among other things.
Source: tatoeba (8110558)
A volley of artillery fire completely destroyed the buildings.
Source: tatoeba (10176870)
Tom sliced his volley wide of the post.
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