salvo

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
2. 2
   A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
3. 3
   A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
4. 4
   Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
5. 5
   The combined cheers of a crowd.

Verb

1. 1
   To discharge weapons in a salvo.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname from Italian.
2. 2
   A census-designated place in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.