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broadside

[brawd-sahyd] / ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd /




NOUN
fusillade
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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

The Dunlap broadside was a broadside in a figurative sense as well as a literal one, blasting its message like cannons fired from the side of a warship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

It was no longer perpendicu­lar to the waves but broadside to them and was beginning to roll from side to side, that rolling that was so unsettling for the stomach.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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