as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
attacked the manager with a salvo of complaints before she even managed to say "hello"
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Recent Examples of salvo
Texas Republicans fired the first salvo in a broad and far-reaching fight over control of the House in 2026 by redrawing their maps this summer to net up to five pickup opportunities.
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Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
All of that is just the opening salvo of the film, delivered with breakneck assurance by Anderson.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
If the Chargers add a win against Denver to get to 3-0 in the division through three weeks, that’d be a mighty strong opening salvo in what looks like perhaps the strongest division in football.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
There are more features coming, but this is a very big opening salvo.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
All of that is just the opening salvo of the film, delivered with breakneck assurance by Anderson.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
If the Chargers add a win against Denver to get to 3-0 in the division through three weeks, that’d be a mighty strong opening salvo in what looks like perhaps the strongest division in football.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
There are more features coming, but this is a very big opening salvo.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salvo
Noun
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The Russians have also continued nightly barrages of drones and missiles against targets across Ukraine, especially against energy infrastructure.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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After tens of thousands of Missourians signed onto a campaign to repeal the state’s gerrymandered congressional map, statewide officials have deployed a barrage of maneuvers to crush the effort.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Orionid meteor shower peak begins tonight, welcoming a spectacular natural light show that could see a flurry of shooting stars spawned by Halley's Comet brighten the dark, moonless sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Panahi, who has been imprisoned in Iran several times, is Stateside for the first time in two decades for the opening, doing a flurry of Q&As.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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The French star opened his Milan account with an acrobatic volley against Lecce in the Coppa Italia last month, but is yet to score — or even start — in the league following his permanent move from the Club World Cup winners in August.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Though the two actors have a kind of slacker ease in the nonsensical volleys, this lower temperature approach too often misses the work’s humor, horror and emotional resonance.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Salvo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvo. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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