Broadside

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The side of a ship above the water line.
  • n. All the guns on one side of a warship.
  • n. The simultaneous discharge of these guns.
  • n. A forceful verbal attack, as in a speech or editorial.
  • n. A large sheet of paper usually printed on one side.
  • n. Something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a broadside. Also called broadsheet.
  • n. A broad, unbroken surface.
  • ad. With the side turned to a given point or object; sideways: The wave hit the canoe broadside and sank it.
  • v. To strike or collide with full on the side: lost control of the truck and broadsided the car.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.
  • n. A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
  • n. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
  • n. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
  • ad. Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
  • v. To collide with something sideways on
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
  • n. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
  • n. A volley of abuse or denunciation.
  • n. A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The whole side of a ship above the water-line, from the bow to the quarter.
  • n. A simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a vessel of war: as, to fire a broadside.
  • n. In general, any comprehensive attack with weapons of any kind directed against one point or object.
  • n. A sheet printed on one side only, and without arrangement in columns; especially, such a sheet containing some item of news, or an attack upon some person, etc., and designed for distribution.
  • n. Any surface resembling the side of a ship in breadth, etc., as a house-front.
  • With the broadside directed toward the point specified.
  • Pell-mell; unceremoniously: as, to go or send broadside.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. collide with the broad side of
  • n. the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
  • n. all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
  • n. a speech of violent denunciation
  • n. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
  • ad. with a side facing an object
  • adj. toward a full side
  • n. the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
  • Equivalent
    side   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strike    impinge on    hit    collide with    run into    side    armament    denunciation    denouncement    declamation   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    broadsheet   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flatways    flatwise    sidewise    sideways   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    volley