What does salvo mean?

Definitions for salvo
ˈsæl voʊsal·vo

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. salvonoun

    an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

  2. fusillade, salvo, volley, burstnoun

    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

    "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

  3. salvonoun

    a sudden outburst of cheers

    "there was a salvo of approval"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SALVOnoun

    An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

    Etymology: from salvo jure, Latin, a form used in granting any thing: as salvo jure putei.

    They admit many salvoes, cautions, and reservations, so as they cross not the chief design. Charles I .

    It will be hard if he cannot bring himself off at last with some salvo or distinction, and be his own confessor. Roger L'Estrange.

    If others of a more serious turn join with us deliberately in their religious professions of loyalty, with any private salvoes or evasions, they would do well to consider those maxims in which all casuists are agreed. Addison.

Wikipedia

  1. Salvo

    A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute. As a tactic in warfare, the intent is to cripple an enemy in one blow and prevent them from fighting back.

ChatGPT

  1. salvo

    A salvo is a simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle, or a sudden, vigorous, or aggressive act or series of acts undertaken in response to or in defense of something. It can also refer to an abrupt or concentrated outpouring of something, such as words or emotions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Salvonoun

    an exception; a reservation; an excuse

  2. Salvonoun

    a concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley

  3. Salvonoun

    a salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon

  4. Etymology: [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.]

Wikidata

  1. Salvo

    A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute. Troops armed with muzzleloaders required time in which to refill their arms with gunpowder and shot. Gun drills were designed to enable an almost continuous rain of fire on the enemy by lining troops into ranks, allowing one rank to fire a salvo, or volley, while the other ranks prepared their guns for firing. The term is commonly used to describe the firing of broadsides by warships, especially battleships. During fleet engagements in the days of sail, from 17th century until the 19th century, ships of the line were maneuvered with the objective of bringing the greatest possible number of cannon to bear on the enemy and to discharge them in a salvo, causing enough damage and confusion as to allow time for the cannon to be swabbed out and reloaded. Crossing the T, employed by Horatio Nelson, entailed cutting across the enemy's line of battle to enable broadsides to be fired through the enemy's bow or stern along the whole length of the ship, with every shot likely to cause the maximum carnage. The opportunity was a passing one and the most had to be made of it.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Salvo

    sal′vō, n. an exception: a reservation. [L., in phrase, salvo jure, one's right being safe.]

  2. Salvo

    sal′vō, n. a military or naval salute with guns: a simultaneous discharge of artillery: the combined cheers of a multitude:—pl. Salvos (sal′vōz). [It. salva, a salute—L. salve, hail!]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. salvo

    1. In naval gunfire support, a method of fire in which a number of weapons are fired at the same target simultaneously. 2. In close air support or air interdiction operations, a method of delivery in which the release mechanisms are operated to release or fire all ordnance of a specific type simultaneously.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. salvo

    A discharge from several pieces simultaneously, as a salute.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. salvo

    Is a concentrated fire from a greater or less number of pieces of artillery. Against a body of men, a salvo is generally useless, as the moral effect is greater in proportion to the area over which devastation is spread; but with fortifications the case is otherwise. For the purpose of breaching, the simultaneous concussion of a number of cannon-balls on masonry, or even earthwork, produces a very destructive result. The effect of a salvo of modern artillery, with its enormous steel shot, against iron-plated ramparts, has never yet been tried in actual war. The concentrated fire of a ship’s broadside forms a powerful salvo.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SALVO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Salvo is ranked #11793 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Salvo surname appeared 2,656 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Salvo.

    85.4% or 2,270 total occurrences were White.
    7.3% or 196 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.8% or 154 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.9% or 26 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of salvo in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of salvo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of salvo in a Sentence

  1. Reid Weingarten:

    Today's ruling in Canada is only the opening salvo in a very long process ... we are confident that ultimately justice will be done.

  2. Samuel Braslow:

    The videos in [ my ] post clearly represent newsworthy content, as they subsequently were picked up for broadcast by multiple affiliate stations and national outlets, it's really important to view the current mass-reporting actions by the far right as just the latest salvo in an ongoing, concerted effort to memory-hole evidence of their crimes.

  3. Bruce Nilles:

    Berkeley is the opening salvo.

  4. Chad Loder:

    It's really important to view the current mass-reporting actions by the far right as just the latest salvo in an ongoing, concerted effort to memory-hole evidence of their crimes.

  5. Air Force:

    This was the first GBI salvo intercept of a complex, threat-representative ICBM target, and it was a critical milestone.

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