salvo
1a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
a round of fire given as a salute.
a round of cheers or applause.
Origin of salvo
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Other definitions for salvo (2 of 2)
an excuse or quibbling evasion.
something to save a person's reputation or soothe a person's feelings.
Origin of salvo
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How to use salvo in a sentence
He ends every day there and in the sauna, the hot-cold combination working as an opening salvo in the war against swelling.
Inside a week of recovery with Morgan Moses, one of Washington’s toughest players | Sam Fortier | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostIn the latest legal salvo, Democratic and Republican attorneys general from 38 states and territories, led by Colorado and Nebraska, took aim at a broad swath of Google’s digital empire.
Nearly 40 states sue Google alleging search manipulation, marking the third antitrust salvo against the tech giant | Tony Romm | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostThe jumbo-size deal for the workplace instant messaging service, announced Tuesday, can be viewed as a salvo directed at a common foe.
5 software acquisitions Salesforce’s Slack deal could spur | rhhackettfortune | December 4, 2020 | FortuneThe suit could be an opening salvo ahead of other major government antitrust actions, given ongoing investigations of major tech companies including Apple, Amazon and Facebook at both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.
Justice Department to file landmark antitrust case against Google | Bernhard Warner | October 20, 2020 | FortuneThe online salvo targeted prominent Democratic politicians and news organizations on social media.
Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter | Isaac Stanley-Becker | September 15, 2020 | Washington Post
Such standout performances have been rare: her big-screen blockbuster salvo, Batman Begins (2005), fizzled to nothing.
How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’? | Tim Teeman | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Chicago, too, a 100-gun salvo went off and every bell in the city rang out.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed | Marc Wortman | September 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe opening salvo was at the 1996 Oscars ceremony, where Silverstone presented the award for Best Makeup.
‘Clueless’: How the Greatest Clique of the ‘90s Transformed Into A Shakespearean Tragedy | Marlow Stern | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBack in 2007, Roberts threw his first salvo in the affirmative action wars.
Affirmative Action Isn’t Oppressive, but the Roberts Court Wants to End It Anyway | Mike Sacks | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThen the Green House struck the door like a salvo of grapeshot.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonAs the day dawned a salvo of twenty-one British guns on the Plaza Miserere gave the signal.
Ponce de Leon | William PillingHe had barely completed his arrangements when the salvo of British guns gave the signal for the attack.
Ponce de Leon | William PillingThe first bomb-salvo landed in the young pines, where he had fought against the first air attack.
Flight From Tomorrow | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for salvo (1 of 3)
/ (ˈsælvəʊ) /
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
Origin of salvo
1British Dictionary definitions for salvo (2 of 3)
/ (ˈsælvəʊ) /
an excuse or evasion
an expedient to save a reputation or soothe hurt feelings
(in legal documents) a saving clause; reservation
Origin of salvo
2British Dictionary definitions for Salvo (3 of 3)
/ (ˈsælvəʊ) /
Australian slang a member of the Salvation Army
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