salvo
IPA: sˈæɫvoʊ
noun
- An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
- (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
- The combined cheers of a crowd.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.
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Examples of "salvo" in Sentences
- This is just the first salvo in the war.
- Salvo was considered to be the House comedian.
- Diem was nearly killed in the opening salvoes.
- He was apparently blown up in the first salvo.
- The next salvo was even closer than the previous one.
- This battle marks the opening salvo of the Clone Wars.
- But this article is not the place to fire the first salvo.
- A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms.
- On August 12, 1945 the Concord fired the last navy salvo of World War II.
- After the salvo, the cavalry rapidly accelerated and joined up the ranks.