Broadside - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbrɔːdsaɪd|
Brit.
|ˈbrɔːdsaɪd|
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
- 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 warshipverb
- 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
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
I/you/we/they: broadside
he/she/it: broadsides
present participle: broadsiding
past tense: broadsided
past participle: broadsided
noun
singular: broadside
plural: broadsides
singular: broadside
plural: broadsides
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