Cryptic crossword clue
Volley of colossal volume 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SALVO

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What does SALVO mean?

SALVO noun
  1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
SALVO noun
  1. A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
  3. (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
  4. The combined cheers of a crowd.
SALVO verb
  1. To discharge weapons in a salvo.

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