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broadside

adverb

  1. historical printing format; large sheet of paper printed on one side only
L187059 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. historical printing format; large sheet of paper printed on one side only
L317418 on Wikidata ↗

verb

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L331018 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

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L335040 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ / /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/

adv

Etymology: From broad + side.

  1. 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.

    1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure They were going some 60-80 mph [on a motorcycle] down a 30 mph street, hit a car broadside & Pat pushed against Bert, who was crushed into the side of the car.

noun

Etymology: From broad + side.

  1. One side of a ship above the waterline.
  2. All the guns on one side of a warship.
  3. The simultaneous firing of these guns.

    Broadside! What fools to face our guns!

  4. 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.

    Fernández's diplomatic broadside follows the British government's decision last month to name a large frozen chunk of Antarctica after the Queen – a gesture viewed in Buenos Aires as provocative.

  5. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
  6. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

verb

Etymology: From broad + side.

  1. To collide with something side-on.