broadside
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broadside
- /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ UK
- /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ US
Where it comes from
From broad + side.
noun broadsides
- One side of a ship above the waterline.
- All the guns on one side of a warship.
- The simultaneous firing of these guns. Broadside! What fools to face our guns!
- A forceful attack, whether written or spoken. 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 social order.
- A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
- The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
adverb
- Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. [...] the slight fluctuations [in speed] were due to a strong side-wind, which caught the train broadside along exposed stretches of the line.
verb broadsides · broadsiding · broadsided
- To collide with something side-on.
Translations
Talk about this word "broadside." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/broadside. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. broadside. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/broadside "broadside." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/broadside.
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@misc{broadside_2026,
title = {broadside},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/broadside},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
