broadside
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adverb
1. with a side facing an object
- the train hit the truck broadside
- the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it
noun
1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
Similar word(s): bill, broadsheet, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway
Definition categories: communication, ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing
2. a speech of violent denunciation
Similar word(s): philippic, tirade
Definition categories: communication, denouncement, denunciation, declamation
3. all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
Definition categories: man–made, armament
4. the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
- the ship was broadside to the dock
Definition categories: man–made, side
5. the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship