Synonyms for salvo

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sal-voh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæl voʊ

Définition of salvo

Origin : 1719, alteration of salva (1590s) "simultaneous discharge of guns," from Italian salva "salute, volley" (cf. French salve, 16c., from Italian), from Latin salve "hail!," literally "be in good health!," the usual Roman greeting, regarded as imperative of salvere "to be in good health," but properly vocative of salvus "healthy" (see safe (adj.)). The notion is of important visitors greeted with a volley of gunfire into the air; applied afterward to any concentrated fire from guns.

noun outburst

Example sentences :

There never was a rogue, who had not a salvo to himself for being so.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Beyond the Po they too had been awaiting the salvo of artillery that should be their signal to advance.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

There was also no indication that Hoddy's salvo had had any effect on them.
Extract from : « Lone Star Planet » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

(p. 419) A salvo of profanity from the train crew followed them.
Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.

In your presence I can do so without departing from my principles, salvo pudoribus.
Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens

The first round of this drink had been welcomed with a salvo of cheers.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

Salvo followed salvo but a number of the shells failed to explode.
Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie

Then the Green House struck the door like a salvo of grapeshot.
Extract from : « The Varmint » by Owen Johnson

Why, the truth is, he will be hard put to it to find a salvo for his honour.
Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt

But this was as a salvo to our conscience for not being at church.
Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: The Irish Sketch Book » by William Makepeace Thackeray

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