broadside
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/brawd"suyd'/, n., adv., v., broadsided, broadsiding.
n.
1. the whole side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
2. Navy.
a. all the guns that can be fired from one side of a warship.
b. a simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a warship.
3. any strong or comprehensive attack, as by criticism.
a. a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides, as for distribution or posting.
b. any printed advertising circular.
5. any broad surface or side, as of a house.
6. Also called
broadside ballad. a song, chiefly in 16th- and 17th-century England, written on a topical subject, printed on broadsides, and sung in public, as on a street corner, by a professional balladeer.
adv.
7. with the side, esp. with the broader side, facing toward a given point or object: The truck hit the fence broadside.
8. in a wide-ranging manner; at random: to attack the President's policies broadside.
v.i.
9. to proceed or go broadside.
10. to fire a broadside or broadsides.
v.t.
11. to collide with or run into the side of (a vehicle,
object,
person, etc.):
We got broadsided on the freeway.
12. to make concerted verbal attacks on: The President was broadsided by the opposition.
[1565-75; BROAD + SIDE1]
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broadside — I UK [ˈbrɔːdˌsaɪd] / US [ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd] noun [countable] Word forms broadside : singular broadside plural broadsides a strong written or spoken attack The paper launched an angry broadside against the government s proposals. II = broadside on… … English dictionary
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