Both Uses of
volley
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- When the detachment arrived at the Piazza di Venezia, a second volley of fireworks was discharged, to announce that the street was clear.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- (he called me by this name when he was in good humor); 'do you think I am going to change the life I lead for your mode of existence—my agreeable indolence for the hard and precarious toil you impose on yourself, exposed to the bitter frost at night, and the scorching heat by day, compelled to conceal yourself, and when you are perceived, receive a volley of bullets, all to earn a paltry sum?†
Chpt 43-44
Definition:
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(volley as in: a volley of...) a rapid or simultaneous discharge of bullets or other projectiles
or:
a rapid or simultaneous series of similar (and usually antagonistic) events -- such as protests or criticisms