battery vs salvo

battery

noun
  • A coordinated group of artillery weapons. 

  • The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired. 

  • Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal 

  • A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself. 

  • The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence. 

  • A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline. 

  • An array of similar things. 

  • The catcher and the pitcher together 

  • A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs. 

salvo

noun
  • A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon. 

  • An exception; a reservation; an excuse. 

  • A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley. 

  • Any volley, as in an argument or debate. 

  • The combined cheers of a crowd. 

verb
  • To discharge weapons in a salvo. 

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