Sally vs. Salvo
Difference Between Sally and Salvo
Sally➦
To rush out or leap forth suddenly
a bird that sallies out from a branch to catch flying insects.
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Salvo➦
A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute. As a tactic in warfare, the intent is to cripple an enemy in one blow and prevent them from fighting back.
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To issue suddenly from a defensive or besieged position to attack an enemy.
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Salvo➦
A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
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Sally➦
To set out on a trip or excursion
sallied forth to see the world.
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Salvo➦
The simultaneous release of a rack of bombs from an aircraft.
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Sally➦
A sudden rush forward or leap.
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Salvo➦
The projectiles or bombs thus released.
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Sally➦
An assault from a defensive position; a sortie.
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Salvo➦
A sudden outburst, as of cheers or praise.
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Sally➦
A sudden effort toward action or expression
"[She] kept up a sally of brilliant but doomed attempts at conversation" (Donna Tartt).
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Salvo➦
A forceful verbal or written assault.
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Sally➦
A sudden quick witticism; a quip.
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Salvo➦
A mental provision or reservation.
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Sally➦
A venturing forth; a jaunt.
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An expedient for protecting one's reputation or for soothing one's conscience.
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Sally➦
A willow
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Salvo➦
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
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Sally➦
Any tree that looks like a willow
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Salvo➦
(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
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Sally➦
An object made from the above trees' wood
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Salvo➦
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
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Sally➦
A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
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Salvo➦
(by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
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Sally➦
A sudden rushing forth.
Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies.
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Salvo➦
The combined cheers of a crowd.
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Sally➦
(figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
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(ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.
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Sally➦
An excursion or side trip.
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Salvo➦
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations.
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Sally➦
A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
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Salvo➦
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
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Sally➦
A member of the Salvation Army.
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Salvo➦
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
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Sally➦
A kind of stonefly.
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Salvo➦
an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
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Sally➦
A wren.
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Salvo➦
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms;
our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
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Sally➦
(intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position).
The troops sallied in desperation.
A feeding strategy of some birds is to sally out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch.
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Salvo➦
a sudden outburst of cheers;
there was a salvo of approval
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Sally➦
(intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
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Sally➦
(intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.
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Sally➦
To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
They break the truce, and sally out by night.
The foe retires, - she heads the sallying host.
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Sally➦
A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
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Sally➦
A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss.
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Sally➦
An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that . . . goes still round in the same track.
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Sally➦
A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies.
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Sally➦
Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth.
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Sally➦
witty remark
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Sally➦
a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
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Sally➦
a venture off the beaten path;
a sally into the wide world beyond his home
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