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Audio Help [brawd-sahyd] Pronunciation Key noun, adverb, verb, -sid·ed, -sid·ing.

–noun

1.	the whole side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

Navy.

a.	all the guns that can be fired from one side of a warship.

b.	a simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a warship.

3.	any strong or comprehensive attack, as by criticism.

Also called broadsheet.

a.	a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides, as for distribution or posting.

b.	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

7.	with the side, esp. with the broader side, facing toward a given point or object: The truck hit the fence broadside.

8.	in a wide-ranging manner; at random: to attack the President's policies broadside.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to proceed or go broadside.

10.	to fire a broadside or broadsides.

–verb (used with object)

11.	to collide with or run into the side of (a vehicle, object, person, etc.): We got broadsided on the freeway.

12.	to make concerted verbal attacks on: The President was broadsided by the opposition.

[Origin: 1565–75; broad + side¹

]

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broad·side Audio Help (brôd'sīd') Pronunciation Key
n.

The side of a ship above the water line.
1. All the guns on one side of a warship.
2. The simultaneous discharge of these guns.
3. A large sheet of paper usually printed on one side.
4. Something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a broadside. Also called broadsheet.
A forceful verbal attack, as in a speech or editorial.
1. A large sheet of paper usually printed on one side.
2. Something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a broadside. Also called broadsheet.
A broad, unbroken surface.

adv. With the side turned to a given point or object; sideways: The wave hit the canoe broadside and sank it.

tr.v. broad·sid·ed, broad·sid·ing, broad·sides
To strike or collide with full on the side: lost control of the truck and broadsided the car.

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broadside
adjective
1.	toward a full side; "a broadside attack"
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; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular]
2.	a speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade]
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
verb
1.	collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine"

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