SALVO

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

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Proper noun

Salvo (plural Salvos)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salvo is the 11793^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2656 individuals. Salvo is most common among White (85.47%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol

Etymology 1

Noun

salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)

An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

Verb

salvo (third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)

(ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.

Anagrams

• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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