salvo[noun]Synonyms: barrage, bombardment, broadside, burst, cannonade, fusillade, hail, shower, storm, volley, testimonial, appreciation, tribute
Related Words: discharge,
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sal‧vo /ˈsælvəʊ $ -voʊ/
noun (
plural salvos or salvoes)
[countable usually singular] formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Italian;
Origin: salva, from French salve, from Latin, a greeting, from salvere 'to be healthy', from salvus; ⇒ safe1]
1. [+ of] when several guns are fired during a battle or as part of a ceremony
2. opening salvo the first in a series of questions, statements etc that you use to try to win an argument:
Congressman Saunders fired the opening salvo during a heated debate on capital punishment.3. sudden laughter,
applause etc from many people at the same time
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