salvo

/ˈsælvəʊ//ˈsælvoʊ/

noun

  1. 1

    An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

noun

  1. 1

    A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

  2. 2

    A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

  3. 3

    (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.

  4. 4

    The combined cheers of a crowd.

verb

  1. 1

    To discharge weapons in a salvo.

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