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broadside

[brawd-sahyd] / ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd /




NOUN
fusillade
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Investors’ attention soon shifted from shock at Druckenmiller’s broadside against his mentee to the question of whether he used artificial intelligence to write the piece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

His broadside ended with the never-to-be-forgotten quote: "I will love it if we beat them. Love it."

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

Before noon on the ninth day, the sea anchor broke away, and the boat lurched heavily as seas hit her broadside.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

Gragson slammed into the outside wall and then got spun helicopter style when broadsided by Landon Cassill.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022

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

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

“And then we got broadsided today,” Herman said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 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

Byng's Sea-fight, done with due dexterity of manoeuvring, and then with due emphasis of broadsiding, decisive of that absurd War, and almost the one creditable action in it, dates itself 10th August, 1718.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Thomas Carlyle

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

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

From Paul Jones by Hutchins Hapgood


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