salvo

  1. Noun.  An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
  2. Noun.  (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  3. Noun.  By extension, any volley, as in an argument or debate.
  4. Noun.  A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

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