salvo
sal voh
- n an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
- n rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
- n a sudden outburst of cheers
there was a salvo of approval
- The Johnson Administration last week fired the opening salvo of its war on povertybut it had all the impact of a popgun.
- But Amazon's move was actually a strategic salvo in the great secret war of the $60 billion music industry, the fight over Digital Rights Management, usually known by the spine .
- Washington's first big salvo against conglomerate corporations came only last month.