What does "salvo" mean?
Salvo: (Mil.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
Additional senses
- 2.A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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