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salvo
1[ sal-voh ]
noun
- a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- a round of fire given as a salute.
- a round of cheers or applause.
salvo
2[ sal-voh ]
noun
- an excuse or quibbling evasion.
- something to save a person's reputation or soothe a person's feelings.
salvo
1/ ˈsælvəʊ /
noun
- a discharge of fire from weapons in unison, esp on a ceremonial occasion
- concentrated fire from many weapons, as in a naval battle
- an outburst, as of applause
salvo
2/ ˈsælvəʊ /
noun
- an excuse or evasion
- an expedient to save a reputation or soothe hurt feelings
- (in legal documents) a saving clause; reservation
Salvo
3/ ˈsælvəʊ /
noun
- slang.a member of the Salvation Army
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Example Sentences
Such standout performances have been rare: her big-screen blockbuster salvo, Batman Begins (2005), fizzled to nothing.
In Chicago, too, a 100-gun salvo went off and every bell in the city rang out.
The opening salvo was at the 1996 Oscars ceremony, where Silverstone presented the award for Best Makeup.
Back in 2007, Roberts threw his first salvo in the affirmative action wars.
He also strongly urged supporters not to interpret the change in hiring policy as a salvo in war over gay marriage.
No more inquisitive cruisers ready to let fly a salvo at anything that stirs.
Then the Green House struck the door like a salvo of grapeshot.
As the day dawned a salvo of twenty-one British guns on the Plaza Miserere gave the signal.
He had barely completed his arrangements when the salvo of British guns gave the signal for the attack.
The first bomb-salvo landed in the young pines, where he had fought against the first air attack.
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