Definition of "salvo" in English

noun

1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

   • 1649, Charles I of England (attributed), Eikon Basilike They admit […] salvos, cautions, and reservations.

noun

1. (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

3. (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.

4. The combined cheers of a crowd.

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.