salvo
noun
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
salvoes
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pluralof salvo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With the official status of talks between Washington and Tehran uncertain and ahead of a meeting in Pakistan on Monday with key regional players, daily salvoes of strikes across the region have continued unabated.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
The tone of the early salvoes dismayed Noura Bittar Søborg, a Syrian asylum seeker who fled Homs in 2011 and has managed to bring her father, mother and younger sister to Denmark.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 2015
Artillery salvoes were fired from an area that Nalyvaichenko said is under the control of a Cossack unit manned by Russian citizens.
From US News ● Feb. 15, 2015
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system has intercepted many of the rocket salvoes.
From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2014
There were salvoes of two or three guns, and huge chunks were knocked out of the wall.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh
