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Definition

a rapid discharge from multiple guns — as in battle or in a ceremonial salute

or:

a rapid series of points made in a verbal assault

Much more rarely, a salvo can reference a sudden burst of applause or cheers as in "There was a salvo of approval."

Even more rarely, salvo can reference an excuse or something to make someone feel better about their self-image as when Henry Fielding wrote, "Blifil had nothing more to do than to confirm these assertions; which he did with such equivocations, that he preserved a salvo for his conscience; and had the satisfaction of conveying a lie to his uncle, without the guilt of telling one."

The battle ship fired salvo after salvo into the hills above the beach.

The attack ads represent the opening salvo of an especially bitter fight anticipated this campaign season.
She called a press conference to fire a salvo of facts and figures calculated to turn the public against the measure.
Five days after Millennium fired the first salvo, Blomkvist's book The Mafia Banker appeared in bookshops.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Most targets we managed to hit by second salvo though all were defended except Mexico City.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Inside Murillo's office, children usually fire the first salvo: "I know you don't love me.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
It was thefirst salvo of the election and a clear sign of the sort of contest it would become.
David McCullough -- John Adams
They fired three salvos above his grave.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
Even though it had been blocked, the impact of this opening salvo rang like a thunderbolt and sparked the crowd into an excited buzz.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
Almost every day a salvo of shots would send the anguished whispers flying: How many this time?
Corrie ten Boom -- The Hiding Place
Oprichniki-security troops of Ivan the Terrible. down by another salvo.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
Kara delivered one last salvo.
Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
The boys on the perimeter ducked under the lethal salvos; shrapnel was a fickle friend.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
The first time is a glide-I target my ninth birthday party and hit it with the first salvo.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
"As we reached our destination that bright morning in our boat," Julia later exclaimed, "every gun in and near Washington burst forth—and such a salvo?
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
The bright melody drowned The salvos from the ghetto wall, And couples were flying High in the cloudless sky.
Czeslaw Milosz -- Campo dei Fiori
Questions on the virus were fired in salvos and answered in fashion.
Ted Dekker -- Red: The Heroic Rescue
That could be walking into a salvo-
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Two smaller aircraft line the corridor with smoke, and the lead bomber salvos its payload, and eleven others follow suit.
Anthony Doerr -- All the Light We Cannot See
Perhaps from modesty of possession she responded to each salvo of amusement by bending closer over her list.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night

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