Meaning

6 senses
  1. One side of a ship above the waterline.

  2. All the guns on one side of a warship.

    Breitseite

    all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship

  3. The simultaneous firing of these guns.

    the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship

  4. (broadly)A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.

  5. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.

  6. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom broadsided Mary.

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  2. Tom's car was going southbound on Park Street when it was broadsided by a car that ran a red light.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship:

Origin

From broad + side.

From broad + side.

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Forms

plural: broadsides
Singularbroadside
Pluralbroadsides

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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