Definition of salvoes:
(n) :
(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
(n) :
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
(n) :
(by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
(n) :
The combined cheers of a crowd.
(n) :
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.