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broadside
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noun
(= circular)
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
he mailed the circular to all subscribers
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adverb
with a side facing an object
the train hit the truck broadside
the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it
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adjective
toward a full side
a broadside attack
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noun
the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
the ship was broadside to the dock
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noun
all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
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noun
the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
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verb
collide with the broad side of
her car broad-sided mine
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noun
(= tirade)
a speech of violent denunciation
lines
noun
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(film, theatre) Words spoken by the actors.
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(fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
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(shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
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(education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
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(US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.