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DictionarysalvoSimultaneous firing
noun

salvo

SAL-voh/ˈsælvəʊ/

A burst of shots fired together.

Three coastal cannons fire a salvo toward the open sea.

Three historic coastal signal cannon fire simultaneously out toward an empty sea, matching smoke bursts and no people in the line of fire; no injury or writing.
Etymology
salvoItaliansalute, volley

Italian salva meant a salute or volley: important visitors were greeted with guns fired into the air. This ceremonial discharge broadened to concentrated gunfire, giving the image behind a verbal salvo of criticism.

In context

The Operations Room11:02
the Iraqi Defenders open fire with all the weapons at their disposal like in 1991 news organizations have trained their cameras on the city and broadcast the opening Salvo of the air offensive live
Operation Iraqi Freedom - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated

More examples

  • The ship fires a salvo at the distant target.
  • Two salvos echo across the valley.
  • Her announcement draws a salvo of criticism.

Forms

salvo · salvos · salvoes

Similar words

volley
Also means shots fired together, often from several weapons.
barrage
Emphasizes sustained, heavy firing rather than one simultaneous burst.
burst
May mean rapid successive shots rather than simultaneous firing.