salvo

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  1. noun A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
  2. noun The simultaneous release of a rack of bombs from an aircraft.
  3. noun The projectiles or bombs thus released.
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  • The second burst coincided with the next salvo from the Russians' Maxim machine gun. —  Panzer Aces
  • A high-pitched howling noise announced the approach of a second salvo, and all of a sudden there were explosions and crashes directly ahead, coming nearer and nearer. —  Panzer Aces
  • He hoped the shields of the Spartan-captured ship staved off at least one salvo, and gave Blue Team the time they needed. —  Eric Nylund - HALO 4 - Ghosts of Onyx (v1.0)
  • All it needed was the sight-lines As the Tormentor slid into position to unloose a salvo, the dreadnaught got its chance. —  AnalogSFF,March2006
  • The latest salvo is the top Democratic Party blog, Daily Kos, claiming that Sarah Palin "faked" her pregnancy to hide the "fact" that her 16-year-old daughter was pregnant. —  WordPress.com News
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Italian salva, from French salve, from Latin salvē, hail, imperative of salvēre, to be in good health, from salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Latin salvō (as in Medieval Latin salvō iūre, saving the right), ablative of salvus, safe; see safe.

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  1. from Latin salvo, in the phrase salvo jure, the right being preserved (words used in reserving some particular right): salvo, ablative neuter of salvus, safe, preserved; jure, ablative of jus, right: see safe, jus.
  2. For *salva; = Dutch salvo = G. Danish salve = Swedish salva = French salve = Spanish Portuguese salva, from Italian salva, a salute, salvo, from Latin salve, hail: see salve.
 

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/ˈsælvoʊ/
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