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- noun Common misspelling of
salvos , the plural ofsalvo .
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Examples
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“Fire rear missile launchers, two salvoes, proximity detonation, advanced tracking packages!”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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“Fire rear missile launchers, two salvoes, proximity detonation, advanced tracking packages!”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » JM’s Review Forum 2009
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Fighter jets dropped bombs, tanks rained down shells, while pro-Gadhafi fighters fired steady salvoes of Grad rockets on the town throughout the day, in what appeared to be a significant increase in the intensity of the government offensive against rebel fighters in the east.
Gadhafi Drives Rebels Out of Key City Charles Levinson 2011
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“Fire rear missile launchers, two salvoes, proximity detonation, advanced tracking packages!”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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Jacob, Tango-1 is continuing to launch missile salvoes.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » JM’s Review Forum 2009
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Rebels retreated from their positions in the strategic oil-refinery city of Ras Lanuf as pro-Gadhafi forces dropped bombs from fighter jets and fired salvoes of rockets on the town.
World Watch 2011
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Obama had to more than match it, and the righty salvoes began; then he went for health care and the noise doubled, a guy tried to blow up himself and an airplane and failed, but righties waiting to pounce on softness, went nuts again.
Ron Radosh » How the Left Opinion-makers Spin the Brown Victory: Bad Advice for Obama 2010
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The coin-sized but rapidly growing disc of Hranrar on the forward viewer abruptly vanished, replaced by a high-resolution image of a Starfleet shuttlecraft trading salvoes of weapons fire with an aggressively-postured warship that had a long, narrow primary hull and at least four clearly identifiable engine nacelles.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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The coin-sized but rapidly growing disc of Hranrar on the forward viewer abruptly vanished, replaced by a high-resolution image of a Starfleet shuttlecraft trading salvoes of weapons fire with an aggressively-postured warship that had a long, narrow primary hull and at least four clearly identifiable engine nacelles.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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You said “Let's remember who fired the first salvoes.”
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