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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With only a trickle of Patriot interceptors arriving from Western allies, Ukraine is working on other ways to disrupt Russia’s missile salvos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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
The UAE and Qatar both said they had intercepted drone and missile salvos on Wednesday, with Abu Dhabi saying it had been targeted by three ballistic missiles and 129 drones, intercepting all but eight drones.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
