Crossword-Solution: SALVO 5 letters, 174 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Salvo n. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
Salvo n. A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in
endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
Salvo n. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous,
firing of a number of cannon.

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SALVO anagram OLAVS, OVALS, SLAVO

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21-gun salute, e.g. 1 answer
A discharge of artillery. 1 answer
AIRCRAFT bombs released at same moment 1 answer
ARTILLERY salute 1 answer
Artillery discharge 1 answer
Artillery outburst 1 answer
BOMBS released from aircraft at same moment 1 answer
Barrage from a battleship 1 answer
Barrage in battle 1 answer
Battleship barrage 1 answer
Battleship blast 1 answer
Battleship broadside 1 answer
Battleship salute 1 answer
Big-gun salute. 1 answer
Blast from a battleship 1 answer
Blast from the side of a warship 1 answer
Bomb attack 1 answer
Broadside from a battleship 1 answer
Broadside salute 1 answer
Burst of artillery 1 answer
Burst of cheers 1 answer
Burst of cheers from a crowd. 1 answer
Burst of cheers or applause. 1 answer
Burst of gunfire 1 answer
Burst of gunshots 1 answer
Burst of shots. 1 answer
Burst of shouts or cheers. 1 answer
Cannon barrage 1 answer
Cannon blast 1 answer
Cannon salute 1 answer
Cannon volley 1 answer
DISCHARGE of artillery 1 answer
DISCHARGE of firearms 1 answer
Discharge from the army? 1 answer
Discharge from the military 1 answer
Discharge of weapons 1 answer
Discharges together 1 answer
EXPEDIENT for saving reputation or soothing pride or conscience 1 answer
Eruption of cheers, e.g. 1 answer
Expedient for saving face 1 answer
FIRE continuously with rifles etc. 1 answer
Firearms discharge 1 answer
Forceful assault 1 answer
GUN salute 1 answer
Gun volley 1 answer
Gunfire burst 1 answer
Gunnery shot. 1 answer
Impressive fire 1 answer
Loud salute 1 answer
Military blast 1 answer
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Sentences with SALVO (5)

Dijkstra's note in the March 1968 `Communications of the ACM', "Goto Statement Considered Harmful", fired the first salvo in the structured programming wars.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
The roll grew; the paper circulated about the table; each signature was welcomed by a salvo of cheers.
The Octopus Frank Norris 2008
The blue flag of Texas fluttered gayly over the lovely city; and there was a salvo of cannon; then, into the sunshine and into the sight of all stepped the man of his generation.
Remember the Alamo Amelia E. Barr 2008
The young politician was already surrounded by a group of friends and acquaintances, and was evidently being made the recipient of a salvo of congratulation—presumably on his recent performances in the Foreign Office debate, Comus concluded.
The Unbearable Bassington Saki 2013
The practice is to get the range as communicated by the aeroplane, to bring the artillery into position speedily, to discharge salvo after salvo with all speed for a few minutes, and then to wheel the artillery away before any hostile fire can be returned.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick A. Talbot 1997

Quotes with SALVO (3)

Hey, Salvo," asked Max when they had almost fallen asleep. "May I write your story?""Don't you dare, amico" was Salvatore's reply. "Kindly come up with your own storia, young Massimo. If you take mine, I'll have none left of my own
Nina George The Little Paris Bookshop
Heads up lads!” someone shouted. “Here we go!” More missiles, this time not just bottles, but coins as well. And then from the other side of the cordon, a roar went up. Bellowing across the road toward them. Billy watched as the Manchester lads poured forward, desperately trying to force a way through the massed ranks of the police only to be driven back by batons and gloved fists. Another salvo of bottles came flying across, trying to provoke a reaction. But the West Ham lad…
Dougie Brimson Top Dog
During the night two delegates of the railwaymen were arrested. The strikers immediately demanded their release, and as this was not conceded, they decided not to allow trains leave the town. At the station all the strikers with their wives and families sat down on the railway track-a sea of human beings. They were threatened with rifles salvoes. The workers bared their breast and cried, "Shoot!" A salvo was fired into the defenceless seated crowd, and 30 to 40 corpses, among…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 151 times in crossword archives (1924–2025).