broadside
pronunciation
How to pronounce broadside in British English:
UK [ˈbrɔ:dsaɪd]
How to pronounce broadside in American English:
US [ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd]
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- Noun:
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- a speech of violent denunciation
- all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
- the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
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- Verb:
- collide with the broad side of
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- Adjective:
- toward a full side
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- Adverb:
- with a side facing an object
Word Origin
- broadside (n.)
- 1590s, "side of a ship" (technically, "the side of a ship above the water, between the bow and the quarter"), from broad (adj.) + side (n.); thus "the artillery on one side of a ship all fired off at once" (1590s, with figurative extensions). Two words until late 18c. Of things other than ships, 1630s. But oldest-recorded sense in English is "sheet of paper printed only on one side" (1570s).
Example
- 1. His van hit the car broadside .
- 2. She delivered a broadside against the government 's action .
- 3. Mr immelt 's broadside was undoubtedly significant .
- 4. The chairman of news corporation europe and asia was at least half-right in his recent broadside against the overmighty bbc .
- 5. Indian business leaders have an " ethical deficit " that could impair their ability to expand globally , manmohan singh , the prime minister , said in an unprecedented broadside against local corporate chiefs .