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salvo

The correct spelling is salvo.

How to pronounce salvo

/ˈsælvəʊ/
noun

IPA: /ˈsælvəʊ/

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The correct spelling is salvo. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
  2. 2.A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  3. 3.A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
  4. 4.(by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
  5. 5.The combined cheers of a crowd.

verb

  1. 1.To discharge weapons in a salvo.

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