broadside

CEFRC1

/ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A strong attack or criticism delivered directly.

  2. 02

    noun

    The side of a ship facing the water.

Examples

  • The newspaper published a broadside against corruption.

  • The ship fired a broadside at the enemy.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. All the guns on one side of a warship.

  2. The simultaneous firing of these guns.

  3. One side of a ship above the waterline.

More examples

In context

  • The ship fired a powerful broadside at the enemy vessel.

  • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure They were going some 60-80 mph [on a motorcycle] down a 30 mph street, hit a car broadside & Pat pushed against Bert, who was crushed into...

  • Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the so...

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The old warship fired a powerful blank at the enemy vessel's hull.

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Origin

noun

From broad + side.