Associations to the word «Salvo»

Wiktionary

SALVO, noun. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
SALVO, noun. (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
SALVO, noun. By extension, any volley, as in an argument or debate.
SALVO, noun. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
SALVO, verb. (ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.

Dictionary definition

SALVO, noun. An outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs.
SALVO, noun. Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise".
SALVO, noun. A sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope