broadside
noun
broad·side
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Definition of broadside
(Entry 1 of 4)
1a(1)
: a sizable sheet of paper printed on one side
(2)
: a sheet printed on one or both sides and folded
b
: something (such as a ballad) printed on a broadside
2
archaic
: the side of a ship above the waterline
3a
: all the guns on one side of a ship
also
: their simultaneous discharge
b
: a volley of abuse or denunciation
4
: a broad or unbroken surface
broadside
adjectiveDefinition of broadside (Entry 2 of 4)
: directed or placed broadside
a broadside attack
broadside
adverbDefinition of broadside (Entry 3 of 4)
1a
: with the side forward or toward a given point : sideways
turned broadside
b
: directly from the side
the car was hit broadside
2
: in one volley
3
: at random
broadside
verb
broadsided;
broadsiding;
broadsides
Definition of broadside (Entry 4 of 4)
: to hit broadside
the car was broadsided
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Synonyms for broadside
Synonyms: Adverb
crabwise, edgeways [chiefly British], edgewise, sideways, sidewise
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Examples of broadside in a Sentence
Adverb
The car was hit broadside. one car hit the other broadside and crushed the passenger doorVerb
His car was broadsided by a truck as he was driving through the intersection.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Ocasio-Cortez appears to be taking a similar approach, finding humor in the broadsides against her. — Lisa Mascaro, Detroit Free Press, "GOP shifts focus to Rep. Rashida Tlaib, House Dem 'squad' in campaign attacks," 31 Aug. 2019 After the broadsides aimed at Baltimore, Trump returned to a standard stump speech focused heavily on the economy and his accomplishments. — John Fritze, USA TODAY, "Donald Trump accuses Democrats of destroying cities in Cincinnati rally, avoids singling out 'Squad'," 1 Aug. 2019 Tesla said in 2016 that its camera system failed to recognize the white broadside of the truck against the bright sky. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "Tesla hit with another lawsuit over a fatal Autopilot crash," 1 Aug. 2019 The momentum wheel rotates the spacecraft broadside. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "LightSail 2, the Solar Sailing CubeSat That Could, Declared a Success," 31 July 2019 Typical divided highway intersections are prone to dangerous broadside collisions. — Molly Korzenowski, Twin Cities, "Been through a ‘reduced conflict intersection’? They’re getting more common — and this one has a new twist," 11 July 2019 Brexit overtones to the debacle In his Twitter comments Tuesday, Mr. Trump combined criticism of Darroch with a broadside at May, chiding the British leader for failing to get her Brexit deal with the European Union through Parliament. — CBS News, "Sir Kim Darroch, U.K. Ambassador to U.S., resigns over leaked cables disparaging Trump," 10 July 2019 Trump's Silicon Valley broadsides have resonated among fellow conservatives, who say they've been unfairly targeted by social media giants headquartered near liberal-leaning San Francisco. — Anchorage Daily News, "Trump looks to rally controversial online allies at White House social media summit," 10 July 2019 But that too has been made problematic by her husband's broadsides against immigrants and his desire to retreat from global cooperation. — Cathleen Decker, latimes.com, "For Melania Trump, the shroud of invisibility lifts during a week of public attention," 23 Apr. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
As the months have passed, one by one, Dershowitz’s broadsides against Boies and his allies have cratered. — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, "It’s Alan Dershowitz vs. David Boies, again and again," 13 Aug. 2019 In 2005, Zech’s daughter, then 25, was injured when broadsided by a 17-year-old unlicensed D.U.I. driver who was taking a short cut to a La Mesa fast food outlet. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Monica Zech unwillingly took a crash course in driver safety and is paying it forward," 19 Aug. 2019 That was followed by a deadly crash Monday where a man fleeing the California Highway Patrol ended up on Yerba Buena Road and broadsided a minivan, killing the driver. — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, "San Jose: Coroner identifies driver who died after car crash between houses," 12 June 2019 Theoretically, the new operational domain means Super Cruise will work on the kinds of limited-access highways that have now seen two Tesla drivers killed when their cars broadsided tractor trailers at high speed. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "Cadillac adds 70,000 miles of new roads to Super Cruise driver assist," 5 June 2019 The cause of the limp, a long-ago car accident that had killed his wife, he and she having been broadsided by a drunk driver, was no longer ever mentioned. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Read an excerpt from Kim Stanley Robinson’s next book," 18 Oct. 2018 President Trump’s broadsides against NATO have rattled a military alliance that has existed for 69 years and that has helped to define the global order since shortly after World War II. — John Fritze, USA TODAY, "What is NATO and why is Donald Trump slamming it?," 12 July 2018 On the way to their first big gig, the Plaids are broadsided and killed instantly by a school bus of Catholic school girls on the way to see the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. — Emily Sorensen, Pomerado News, "Welk Theatre's 'Forever Plaid' opens Saturday," 11 July 2018 That’s why Trump broadsides at the alliance as a whole, even if not specifically directed at the Poles, cause a distinct undercurrent of nervousness. — Laura King, latimes.com, "Poland sees opportunity and peril in NATO summit and Trump-Putin meeting," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'broadside.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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broadside
noun
English Language Learners Definition of broadside
(Entry 1 of 3)
: a very strong and harsh spoken or written attack