fusillade, salvo, volley, burst
(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”
salvo
(noun) an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Salvo (plural Salvos)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salvo is the 11793rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2656 individuals. Salvo is most common among White (85.47%) individuals.
• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol
salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)
(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
(by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
The combined cheers of a crowd.
salvo (third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)
(ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.
• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol
Source: Wiktionary
Sal"vo, n.; pl. Salvos. Etym: [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.]
Definition: An exception; a reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. Eilon Basilike.
Sal"vo, n. Etym: [F. salve a discharge of heavy cannon, a volley, L. salve hail, imperat. of salvere to be well, akin to salvus well. See Safe.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
