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UK
/bɹˈɔːdsaɪd/
]
[ US /ˈbɹɔdˌsaɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹɔdˌsaɪd/ ]
NOUN
- a speech of violent denunciation
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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
- all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
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an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
he mailed the circular to all subscribers
ADJECTIVE
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toward a full side
a broadside attack
VERB
-
collide with the broad side of
her car broad-sided mine
ADVERB
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with a side facing an object
the train hit the truck broadside
the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it
How To Use broadside In A Sentence
- The driver ran a stop light and broadsided the truck.
- the ship was broadside to the dock
- Randall's first publications in 1965 were literally broadsides - single poems printed on large sheets of paper that sold for fifty cents.
- White water poured over the sides of the raft which now was slewing down the wave, broadside into a maelstrom.
- I lowered the rifle and saw that he had stopped and was standing broadside looking at us.
- The Monitor proved impervious to the Virginia's broadsides and captured the imaginations of naval officials and the public.
- After fifteen minutes the rudder was broken off and she was broadside to the weather.
- In three cases, words were added from broadsides or other printed sources.
- There were numerous illustrated broadsides and woodcuts which carried their message in visual form.
- They printed their broadsides in a sufficient edition so that all participants in the program could have one.
