Meaning

1 senses

  1. To discharge weapons in a salvo.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The press secretary faced a salvo of questions from the reporters.

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  2. A few salvos were fired.

    deMan gab einige Salven ab. — brauchinet

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  3. Just like at the wedding, the New Year's Eve firecrackers exploded in salvos.

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Origin

An alteration from 1719 of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salv

An alteration from 1719 of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salva (“salute, volley”) (compare French salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve (“hail”), the usual Roman greeting, imperative of salvere (“to be in good health”).

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Forms

salvos, salvoing, salvoed, salvoed
Base formsalvo · to salvo
3rd person singularsalvos
Present participlesalvoing
Past simplesalvoed
Past participlesalvoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysalvo
he, she, itsalvos

Past simpleLesson

all personssalvoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave salvoed
he, she, ithas salvoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill salvo

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
salvationC1salveC1sam
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