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