salvo
noun
a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
salvos
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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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Most salvos have been aimed at bases hosting U.S. forces and have been intercepted, U.S. and Jordanian officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
We are already seeing the first salvos of this escalated warfare.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
"Within days, however, Iran had shifted to smaller, more precisely targeted salvos, conserving remaining missiles and drones for specific high-value targets and concentrating fire where even near-misses cause significant damage."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Powell's remarks helped investors turn from the latest trade salvos between Washington and Beijing, with Trump last week threatening 100-percent tariffs owing to Chinese rate earth measures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
Rudolph Zam- bardino, a statistician at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, in England, has pointed out that the lack of direct data forces researchers into salvos of extrapolation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
