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Verb volley has 5 senses

volley - be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"
--₁ is one way to disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

Derived form: noun volley₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
volley - hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"
--₂ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun volley₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
volley - discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"
--₃ is one way to discharge

Derived form: noun volley₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
volley - make a volley
--₄ is one way to play

Derived form: noun volley₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
volley - utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
--₅ is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something