broadside

To those in Griffin’s milieu, or who aspire to be, the video was a distasteful and even dangerous broadside against the city’s wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Canadian Alex Tagliani hit Zanardi's car broadside, at close to 200mph, tearing off its nose.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Days before filing his lawsuit, Sun issued a lengthy broadside against WLF on X, labeling the firm “World Tyranny” Financial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

If he finds it to his benefit to launch another broadside against Petro, he won’t hesitate to do it.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

After the appearance of the General Advisory Committee’s broadside against the Super in 1949, Strauss became convinced, in his customary fashion, that Oppie was not merely a fool but a traitor.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

According to police, the Toyota Camry was attempting to make a left turn from West 78th Street to Crenshaw Boulevard when it was broadsided by the driver of the black BMW.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, here was a drama about humans living in a galaxy far, far away, broadsided by an enemy they didn’t take seriously enough.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

“Yeah,” Mr. Macron mumbled, before being broadsided by a bunch of other questions.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

I’ve had several close encounters of being broadsided by unaware, careless and selfish drivers.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022

Mother, I see some very interesting persons here—a young master’s mate, who was on the Hatteras, when surprised and broadsided by the Alabama, Capt Semmes—he gave me a very good acc’t of it all—then Capt.

From The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion by Walt Whitman

It slid off the end of the runway, broadsiding a steel tower that held landing lights.

From Time Magazine Archive

They blew past two of the plesios, Missy clobbering one with her tail and broadsiding the other, sending it and its riders collapsing into the water.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

When the ships had swung apart, the broadsiding continued, increasingly to the advantage of the Serapis.

From Paul Jones by Hutchins Hapgood

All he asked of anybody, by God! was to be let alone, though this broadsiding of defenseless people made him sick at the stummick, it did.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne

There ensue five days of intricate sea-work; not much of broadsiding, mainly tugging out of sunk War-Ships, and the like, to get alongside of Castle Grand, which is the chief obstruction.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle