Meaning: salvo 
'sælvəʊ
n.
an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
a sudden outburst of cheers
opening salvo Idiom, Proverb
opening salvo
An antecedent account or activity meant to authenticate one's backbone or attenuate one's opponent, as in a contest, argument, debate, etc. The prosecutor's aperture blast corrective the actor as a hardened, avaricious criminal. The governor today launched the aperture blast in her arguable new altitude change policy, signing an controlling adjustment that acutely reduces acceptable emissions from factories.Learn more: opening
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