Broadside - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbrɔːdsaɪd|  American pronunciation of the word broadside
Brit.  |ˈbrɔːdsaɪd|  British pronunciation of the word broadside

noun

- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution (syn: bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway)
- a speech of violent denunciation (syn: philippic, tirade)
- all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
the ship was broadside to the dock
- the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship

verb

- collide with the broad side of

adverb

- with a side facing an object
the train hit the truck broadside
the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it

adjective

- toward a full side
a broadside attack

Extra examples

The car was hit broadside.

...one car hit the other broadside and crushed the passenger door...

His car was broadsided by a truck as he was driving through the intersection.

The great ship shot at us all her broadside.

A van ran a red light and broadsided her car.

Can the government survive this latest broadside from its own supporters?

I brought the boat in broadside to the beach.

...the ship yawed hard to the right when the rogue wave hit it broadside...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: broadside
he/she/it: broadsides
present participle: broadsiding
past tense: broadsided
past participle: broadsided
noun
singular: broadside
plural: broadsides
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