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Meanings of open salvo in English

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Usage of open salvo in English
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Labour has fired the opening salvo this week in the referendum campaign.
The Irish Times
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It was the opening salvo of what became the Civil War.
The Irish Times
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The starboard view screen showed UNSC destroyers and frigates launching their opening salvo.
The Fall of Reach
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Especially in what are likely to be ferocious opening salvos.
The Irish Times
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In a few minutes, it might be just right for an opening salvo of fireworks.
Quantico
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Monti's words may well be the opening salvos in an election campaign of his own.
Reuters
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I regard the ensuing article not as an opening salvo but as a closing statement.
The Irish Times
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And then, in the middle of this opening salvo, friggin' Northwest Airlines also declared bankruptcy.
A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
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Any minute now, Mrs. Ellis was going to fire the opening salvo of the battle.
A beautiful place to die
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In the opening salvos it wasn't even a match.
The Irish Times
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This traditional list comprised the opening salvos of those actions which normally lead to killing.
The Irish Times
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It was the opening salvo of the probe into the financial hierarchy of the crime family.
King of the godfathers: "big joey" massino and the fall of the b...
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Joe Brennan was there for the opening salvos.
The Irish Times
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The opening salvos of the campaign.
The Irish Times
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Its victories in that case became the opening salvo in what became known as a "constitutional jihad".
Reuters
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Leo Varadkar's promise of tax cuts for middle-income earners looked like the opening salvo in the next election campaign.
The Irish Times