SALVO

Salvo

A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute.

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salvo

Noun

  1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
    They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. --Eikon Basilike.
    2006 MetaFilter community weblog Britannica's issued a salvo against Nature's famous "Wikipedia and the EB are comparably error-strewn" analysis.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  2. By extension, any volley, as in an argument or debate.
  3. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.


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