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Definition of salvo:

  • (noun) an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
  • (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms;
  • (noun) a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"

Sentence Examples:

Salvo did wrong.

It sounded a rotten salvo.

That was a better salvo.

Salvos of artillery again were heard.

The first salvo was fired.

A salvo of applause greeted this conclusion.

No salvos of artillery hailed their arrival.

Salvos went over like one pistol shot.

The General roared great salvos of laughter.

Our artillery thunders in salvos all round.

The line delivered salvos, only at command.

A salvo will give us a bigger spread.

A salvo of twenty-five guns marked each toast.

The enemy's opening salvo had fallen short.

Salvos of artillery echoed along the majestic cliffs.

Suddenly about them thundered great salvos of firing.

Many batteries of heavy artillery were firing salvos.

The salvo died down at the appointed time.

A frenzy of cheers succeeded the intermittent salvos.

It was the garrison firing off a salvo.

The general wheeled to fire a salvo of commands.

This deserved and obtained a triple salvo of cheers.

We entered amid salvos of applause, again and again renewed.

And there was another salvo in the same place.

There was a pause, while another salvo burst overhead.

The first salvo of shells struck in the town.

The last salvo was fired at eleven this morning!

No salvos were fired, in order to spare the powder.

At times the fire would come in salvos quickly repeated.

The Russians keep on entertaining us with salvos of artillery.

A salvo would be echoed by a thousand small arms.

Exactly at noon a salvo was fired at the town.

Just then a second salvo shook the very earth.

Salvos of artillery announced their arrival and their departure.

It sounded like the token last salvo before the surrender.

As the evening wears on, the salvos become more frequent.

The sound of regular salvos came indeed from the fortress.

A salvo of applause from the company honored his exit.

Just one isolated salvo in the night on one particular spot.

It was at once repeated by a whole salvo from Captain.

Then a salvo struck her, and she burst into flames.

I whispered and then followed a salvo from my men.

Just at this moment, an artillery salvo saluted his arrival.

A loud salvo of applause told that the singer was done.

There came another salvo of applause from the world of art.

A salvo of five cannon-shot gave the signal for the fight.

The first salvo literally cleared the wood close by us.

There was just that one swift salvo, and nothing more.

That salvo, sirs, was fired, five minutes ago, by the Genoese.

A salvo of artillery announced the arrival of the royal family.

He remembered that batteries had four guns and fired in salvos.

These gallant words were always greeted by a salvo of applause.

A salvo of artillery sounded, a moment later, from the park.

The ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and a salvo of artillery followed.

Salvos of applause broke from the throng of men and women.

I dove deep and was still under when the salvo struck.

There was a series of shouts following a salvo of heavy guns.

It drifted slowly through the trees and then came another salvo.

Then, of a sudden, there came a crash like a salvo of artillery.

He threw back his head and let the mighty salvos forth.

Salvo followed salvo, but a number of the shells failed to explode.

Salvos of applause greeted the performers at the conclusion of the scene.

The three shouts came as three salvos from a battery of artillery.

Then from some unknown spot broke a salvo of cracks of revolvers.

He was hardly conscious of the salvo of applause that followed him.

Even the salvos of shouts came to him as from a great distance.

The third salvo set the Good Hope and the Monmouth on fire.

Then give them a salvo steadily, and like brave men and careful.

During the entire procession, salvos of artillery at intervals greeted the Emperor.

What was his astonishment to hear her greeted with salvos of applause!

A new salvo broke out over the sky where he should have been.

They melted away before our machine guns and our steady salvos of bombs.

Occasionally they came in heavy salvos that swallowed the noise of isolated shots.

Faith judged rightly that this was a salvo put in for pride.

That last salvo went through our screens, but our armor stopped it.

Word was then passed to me that this was the finishing salvo.

There was a faint salvo of regrets, meant for the Violet's ears.

The brass guns on two yachts in the harbor contributed an occasional salvo.

They stopped after the fourth game and were received with salvos of applause.

Bands of music played in the streets, and salvos of cannon were fired.

A single salvo from the mortars, the sixteen firing together, assuredly would.

They say it will bring back salvo firing, thus permitting clear vision.

The birds just mentioned greeted us with their salvos as we crept along.

Cried he, interrupting himself, "they have found means to send us another salvo."

The guns of Wood and adjacent forts thundered out salvos of praise and encouragement.

Johannes retired to his men, in order to command a new salvo of arrows.

With a little salvo of metallic snaps a scant dozen links more came in.

The first salvo was harmless, for the range had not been gauged accurately.

The first round of this drink had been welcomed with a salvo of cheers.

Two salvos were fired, and she sank like a stone with all on board.

The appearance of General Grant was the signal for a salvo of thirteen guns.

Then, after three or four seconds, comes a perfect salvo all down the line.

The mast went on the first salvo, one funnel and most of the guns.

Shouts the lieutenant: salvo meaning the firing of all the guns at one time.

And the salvo grew more violent and rolled along the whole line of trenches.

The salvo of a whole row of cannons was heard in front of the Seraglio.

I was conscious of a salvo of clapping, pounding, and stamping that thundered in reply.

He waited for one more salvo from his party and jumped to the tower itself.

A curious salvo, says Henry, for the absurd practice of praying in an unknown tongue.

The rocket trucks rarely remained in one place long enough to fire more than two salvos.