'Salvo' definitions:
Definition of 'salvo'
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Definition of 'Salvo'
From: GCIDE
- Salvo \Sal"vo\, n.; pl. Salvos. [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.] An exception; a reservation; an excuse. [1913 Webster]
- They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Salvo'
From: GCIDE
- Salvo \Sal"vo\, n. [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.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'salvo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allowance,
- anniversaries,
- antiaircraft barrage,
- appreciation,
- bang,
- bark,
- barrage,
- blast,
- bombardment,
- bowshot,
- box barrage,
- broadside,
- bullet,
- burst,
- cannon,
- cannonade,
- cannonry,
- celebrating,
- celebration,
- ceremony,
- cession,
- circumscription,
- commemoration,
- concession,
- crack,
- creeping barrage,
- detonation,
- discharge,
- dressing ship,
- drumfire,
- ejection,
- emergency barrage,
- enfilade,
- exception,
- exemption,
- explosion,
- extenuating circumstances,
- fanfare,
- fanfaronade,
- festivity,
- flourish of trumpets,
- fulmination,
- fusillade,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- gun,
- gunfire,
- gunshot,
- hail,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- holiday,
- jubilee,
- limitation,
- marking the occasion,
- memorialization,
- memory,
- mental reservation,
- modification,
- mortar barrage,
- normal barrage,
- observance,
- ovation,
- pop,
- potshot,
- qualification,
- rejoicing,
- religious rites,
- remembrance,
- reservation,
- restriction,
- revel,
- rite,
- ritual observance,
- salute,
- shot,
- shower,
- solemn observance,
- solemnization,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialness,
- specification,
- spray,
- standing barrage,
- stoneshot,
- storm,
- tattoo,
- testimonial,
- testimonial banquet,
- testimonial dinner,
- toast,
- tribute,
- triumph,
- volley,
- waiver