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salvos

noun

Meaning

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

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data