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broadside
('br/O/d,s/aI/d )

noun (n)

  • an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway
    source: wordnet30
  • a speech of violent denunciation(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    philippic, tirade
    source: wordnet30
  • all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The ship was broadside to the dock.
    source: wordnet30
  • the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • with a side facing an object(adv.all)
    Example:
    The train hit the truck broadside.
    The wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it.
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • toward a full side(adj.all)
    Example:
    A broadside attack.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • collide with the broad side of(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
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