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salvo
salvo is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An exception; a reservation; an excuse. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
- 2noun
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
- 3noun
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
- 4noun
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
"our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
- 5noun
a sudden outburst of cheers
"there was a salvo of approval"
- 6noun
an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
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