broadside
adjective
- 1
toward a full side
a broadside attack
adverb
- 1
with a side facing an object
the train hit the truck broadside
the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it
noun
- 1
the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- 2
the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
the ship was broadside to the dock
- 3
all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- 4
a speech of violent denunciation
- 5
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
he mailed the circular to all subscribers
verb
- 1
collide with the broad side of
her car broad-sided mine
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