Definition of "salutes" [salutes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of salute. (verb)

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• "While McCain salutes their "leadership", he is arrogantly (but not surprisingly) ignoring their wishes – and therefore implicitly their claim to leadership of/ownership over their own country."
• "WSJ: John Fund calls salutes state certification boards "A license to kill jobs.""
• "Since the early 1900s, the city's firefighters have greeted every Fourth of July at 6 a.m. by setting off a series of 12 to 15 loud explosions, called salutes, throughout the city."