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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
broadside
    adv 1: with a side facing an object; "the train hit the truck
           broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and
           capsized it"
    adj 1: toward a full side; "a broadside attack"
    n 1: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a
         leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the
         circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill,
         bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer,
         throwaway]
    2: a speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade, philippic,
       broadside]
    3: all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
    4: the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern; "the ship was
       broadside to the dock"
    5: the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a
       warship
    v 1: collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Broadside \Broad"side`\, n.
   1. (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the
      bow to the quarter.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship,
      at the same time.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]
      [1913 Webster]

   4. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or
      printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
broad-side \broad-side\ v. t.
   to collide with the broad side of. her car broad-sided mine

   Syn: broadside.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for Broadside:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
antiaircraft barrage, aside, askance, askant, asquint, bank, barrage, beam, bombardment, border, box barrage, breadthwise, broad side foremost, broadside on, broadways, broadwise, burst, cannonade, cannonry, cheek, chop, coast, crabwise, creeping barrage, depthwise, drumfire, edgeway, edgeways, edgewise, emergency barrage, enfilade, flank, fusillade, glancingly, hail, hand, handedness, haunch, hip, jowl, laterad, laterality, laterally, many-sidedness, mortar barrage, multilaterality, normal barrage, on its side, on the beam, planking, profile, quarter, right and left, salvo, shore, shower, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, siding, sidling, spray, standing barrage, storm, temple, through, unilaterality, volley, widthways, widthwise
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