meaning of salvo
1.  An exception; a reservation; an excuse. 
2.  A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley. 
3.  A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. 
4.  rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by 
						">surprise"
						 
