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salvo — I noun condition, defense, escape clause, evasion, exception, exemption, explosion, fusillade, general discharge, proviso, qualification, quibbling excuse, reservation, restriction, salute, saving clause, simultaneous discharge of shots, volley… … Law dictionary
subterfuge — Synonyms and related words: airtight secrecy, alibi, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bamboozlement, befooling, bickering, blind, bluff, bluffing, boggling, bosey, burial, burying, calculated deception, captiousness, catch,… … Moby Thesaurus
evasion — evasional, adj. /i vay zheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something: evasion of one s duty. 2. the avoiding of an argument, accusation, question, or the like, as by a subterfuge: The old political boss was… … Universalium
salvo — salvo1 /sal voh/, n., pl. salvos, salvoes. 1. a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc. 2. a round of fire given as a salute. 3. a round of cheers or applause. [1585 95; earlier salva < It L salve SALVE3] salvo2 /sal voh/,… … Universalium
Battle of Dunaverty — Coordinates: 55°18′27″N 5°38′41″W / 55.3075°N 5.64472°W / 55.3075; 5.64472 … Wikipedia
evasion — Synonyms and related words: abstention, airtight secrecy, anythingarianism, artifice, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bickering, boggling, break, breakout, buck passing, captiousness, caviling, chicane, chicanery, circumvention, close secrecy,… … Moby Thesaurus
evasion — n. 1. Evading. See evade. 2. Shuffling (in the abstract), prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, disingenuousness, sophistry, tergiversation. 3. Shift, subterfuge, equivocation, prevarication, quibble, tergiversation, shuffling,… … New dictionary of synonyms
salvo — I. /ˈsælvoʊ / (say salvoh) noun (plural salvos or salvoes) 1. a discharge of artillery or other firearms, in regular succession, often intended as a salute. 2. the more or less simultaneous discharge of numerous guns, as from an artillery battery …
salvo — salvo1 [sal′vō] n. pl. salvos or salvoes [It salva < L salve, hail, imper. of salvere, to be safe < salvus, SAFE] 1. a discharge of a number of pieces of artillery or small arms, in regular succession or at the same time, either as a salute … English World dictionary
