salvo

1. 1.

   an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs

   Broaderoutburst
2. 2.

   rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

   “our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise”

   Synonymsfusilladevolleyburst

   Broaderfire
3. 3.

   a sudden outburst of cheers

   “there was a salvo of approval”

   Broadercheer

Other forms of salvo

plural

salvoes

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about salvo

What does salvo mean?

salvo means "an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in salvo?

salvo has 2 syllables: sal-vo. The stress falls on "sal". In IPA it is /ˈsælvoʊ/.

What is another word for salvo?

Close synonyms include fusillade, volley, burst. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is salvo a common word?

salvo is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.