salvo
/ˈsæl·voʊ/ n [C] (plural salvos or salvoes)Definition
› a firing of several guns at the same time, either in a war or in a ceremony, or a statement in an exchange of opinions: His opening salvo in the debate sparked a war of words.
(Definition of salvo n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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