Definitions for broadsides

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broadsides broad·side

Spelling: [brawd-sahyd]

IPA: /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/

Broadsides is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 680 anagrams from letters in broadsides (abddeiorss).

Definitions for broadsides

noun

1. the whole side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
2. Navy. all the guns that can be fired from one side of a warship. a simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a warship.
3. any strong or comprehensive attack, as by criticism.
4. Also called broadsheet. a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides, as for distribution or posting. any printed advertising circular.
5. any broad surface or side, as of a house.
6. Also called broadside ballad. a song, chiefly in 16th- and 17th-century England, written on a topical subject, printed on broadsides, and sung in public, as on a street corner, by a professional balladeer.

adverb

1. with the side, especially with the broader side, facing toward a given point or object:
2. in a wide-ranging manner; at random:

verb (used with object)

1. to collide with or run into the side of (a vehicle, object, person, etc.):
2. to make concerted verbal attacks on:

verb (used without object)

1. to proceed or go broadside.
2. to fire a broadside or broadsides.

Origin of broadsides

First recorded in 1565-75; broad + side¹

Examples for broadsides

The government agency backed its broadside against Hope, claiming to have received “indignant protests” over the ad campaign.

He sheered off, then turned with a rush, broadside on, with his sail up.

Sharp, shrewd, able and all that, but rough and hard as the broadside of a white-oak plank.

He fired his first broadside before his lodger entered the barn.

That broadside forced Romney to go a step or two further in defense of his plan than he usually prefers to go.

A broadside advertising them in 1864 emphasized their appeal to “the Democratic Social Circle”—whatever that was.

I should care nothing for her and her broadside if the schooner was not here.'

Eventually I got him out of that broadside position away from us and to the boat.

The mate's gun was never fired, nor was the broadside from below.

Besides, by breaking the circuit I can take off the influence when I am firing my own broadside.