Noun

(en noun)

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

* Milton

Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew.

* Byron

Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.

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, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=30 citation , passage=It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.}}

A burst or emission of many things at once.

a volley of words

(Ben Jonson)

(Alexander Pope)

(sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces

(sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground

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, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=John Sinnott , title=Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley .}}

(cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.

Noun

(en noun)

A great flood or rain.

The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.

An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.

The rock concert was a deluge of sound.

* Milton

A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.

* Lowell

The little bird sits at his door in the sun, / Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, / And lets his illumined being o'errun / With the deluge of summer it receives.

(Military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System.

* NAVEDTRA 14324A

In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists.