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- noun   Common misspelling of salvos , the plural ofsalvo .
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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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