The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

escind, reverse, abnegate, abrogate: They had to void the
accusation for lack of evidence. 7 evacuate, discharge, expel,
emit, purge, clear, empty, drain, eject; pass, excrete, urinate,
defecate: The tanker went far out to sea before voiding its
tanks. This medication will help in voiding the patient's
bowels.
volatile adj. 1 vaporizing, evaporable, evaporative: A volatile
solvent, which evaporates quickly, is the vehicle for
thermosetting plastics. 2 changeable, fickle, flighty,
inconstant, erratic, restless, unstable, variable, mercurial,
capricious: She was so volatile that one could never predict
what she would do next. 3 explosive, hair-trigger, sensitive,
charged, eruptive, tense, tension-ridden: Be careful of
Christine's volatile temper.
volition n. (free) will, choice, option, choosing, choice, discretion,
preference: She pursued a course of her own volition.
volley n. 1 salvo, bombardment, barrage, cannonade, fusillade,
discharge, hail, shower: A volley of shot struck the tower,
which collapsed. 2 outpouring, torrent, flood, deluge,
inundation, burst, storm, outbreak: The cracks of the
muleteer's whip were accompanied by a volley of abuse. 3 give
and take, to-and-fro, interaction, reciprocity, exchange,
volleying, crossfire, badinage, bantering: Samuel enjoyed the
volley of haggling that accompanied every sale.
voluble adj. talkative, glib, fluent, loquacious, garrulous, chatty,
profuse, gossipy, exuberant, long-winded, bombastic, windy,
wordy, Colloq blessed with the gift of the gab: He is the House
of Commons' most voluble advocate of capital punishment.
volume n. 1 amount, quantity, supply, mass, bulk, abundance, sum
total, aggregate: The volume of ore from the mine created a
pile hundreds of feet high. Her volume of output is greater than
yours and mine together. 2 capacity, size, measure: The volume
of this bottle is not more than a litre. 3 loudness: Turn down
the volume on that ghetto-blaster. 4 book, tome: I bought a
twenty-volume set of Dickens.
voluminous
adj. 1 large, extensive, great, spacious, capacious, expansive,