Synonyms for salvo
ˈsæl voʊsal·vo

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1. salvonoun

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

   Synonyms:
   volley, burst, fusillade

2. fusillade, salvo, volley, burstnoun

   rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

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

   Synonyms:
   fusillade, outburst, fit, explosion, volley, flare-up, burst

3. salvonoun

   a sudden outburst of cheers

   "there was a salvo of approval"

   Synonyms:
   volley, burst, fusillade

Matched Categories

1. • Cheer
   • Fire
   • Outburst

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1. barragenoun

   Submitted by Providence on July 15, 2023  

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1. salvonoun

   Synonyms:
   exception, reservation

2. salvonoun

   Synonyms:
   volley, general discharge (of fire-arms)

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1. List of paraphrases for "salvo":

   except, volley

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How to use 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. 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.

3. 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.

4. Stanley Shaw:

   We view this as the opening salvo.

5. Air Force:

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