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broadside en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From broad + side.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
   • 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.
   • [...] the slight fluctuations [in speed] were due to a strong side-wind, which caught the train broadside along exposed stretches of the line. 1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 388:

Translations (4)

fi sivuittain (with side towards something) · fi kyljittäin (with side towards something) · ga go cliathánach (with side towards something) · mi koronae (with side towards something)

broadside en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From broad + side.

Meanings

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! 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Rtas 'Vadum (Robert Davi), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:
4. (broadly) A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.
   • 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. 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:
   • He delivered a broadside to the RMT leadership, saying: "This response to a significantly enhanced offer exposes their true priority - using the British public and NR workers as pawns in a fight with the Government. 2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 9:
   • 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. 1993, Peter Kolchin, American Slavery (Penguin History, paperback edition, 34)
5. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
6. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

Forms

Deriveds

broadside ironclad · broadside on · broadsider

Translations (35)

pt folhetão (large sheet, printed on one side and folded) · sv bredsida (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · ka მწვავე კრიტიკა (written or spoken attack) · ka იერიშის მიტანა (written or spoken attack) · da bredside (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · nb bredside (written or spoken attack) · pl salwa burtowa (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · fr bordée (one side of a warship) · es costado (one side of a warship) · nb bredside (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · it bordata (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · da bredside (one side of a warship) · ka ლანძღვა-გინება (written or spoken attack) · ka სიტყვიერი თავდასხმა (written or spoken attack) · it bordata (one side of a warship) · sv skillingtryck (printed lyrics) · bg борд (one side of a warship) · nb breiside (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · es andanada (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · fr flanc (one side of a warship) · de Breitseite (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · fr bordée (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · fi arkkiveisu (printed lyrics) · da skillingsvise (printed lyrics) · ka სიტყვიერი იერიშის მიტანა (written or spoken attack) · ja 舷側砲 (one side of a warship) · nn breiside (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · bg бордов залп (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship) · es andanada (written or spoken attack) · nb bredside (one side of a warship) · is breiðsíða (one side of a warship) · ka სიტყვიერი შეტევა (written or spoken attack) · sv bredsida (one side of a warship) · fi täyslaidallinen (one side of a warship) · fi täyslaidallinen (written or spoken attack)

broadside en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From broad + side.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To collide with something side-on.

Forms