salvo
Example Sentences
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Daoud said he expected Hezbollah to sit out the fight unless its patron was in existential peril, but added that what he called the group’s “measly opening salvo” made little strategic sense.
Roi Elba came to the shelter with his dog Gaia to wait out a missile salvo.
From Barron's
The nasty remark about the hat is just the opening salvo.
From Los Angeles Times
It would allow us to overwhelm our adversaries with large, affordable salvos of weapons that can be built and regenerated quickly.
What do you think will be the next salvo in the weight-loss drug wars?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
