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Meanings of first volley in English

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Usage of first volley in English
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Did the final season's first volley raise more questions than it answered?
Wired
2
A great many of the reptiles were killed at the first volley.
Pellucidar
3
He had taken an invariable angle of 45° on the first volley.
Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air
4
The three arrows fired in this first volley all hit their mark.
In the Amazon Jungle / Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper A...
5
Our cavalry had bolted first , at the first volley outside the town.
Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger
6
To Yavtar's surprise, not a bowmen went down under the first volley.
Quest for honour
7
Just then the first volley of musketry was heard on La Pelerine.
The Chouans
8
At the first volley Private John Rowe was instantly killed, and Lieut.
Troublous Times in Canada / A History of the Fenian Raids of 186...
9
Patrick's heart thudded dully at the first volley from his big brother.
Patrick's destiny
10
He isn't supposed to dash across, riderless, until after the first volley.
The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays / Or, The Sham Battles at ...
11
Nothing on earth could represent the state of things after the first volley.
The Story of a Bad Boy
12
A few moments later the first volley hurtled toward the ships.
Quest for honour
13
I believe that at the first volley of fireworks they will be off.
The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru
14
For the first volley, suppliers send raw materials to the manufacturers.
Climbing Magazine
15
Horner had found his tongue after the first volley of stones.
In Kedar's Tents
16
The first volley of arrows dropped nearly every single one of the cultists.
Arthas: rise of the lich king
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