BROADSIDE Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

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adverb

Definition of broadside

as in sideways

with one side faced forward one car hit the other broadside and crushed the passenger door

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broadside

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noun

as in volley

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as in invective

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as in handbill

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Adverb

The six-point bull turned broadside, and Teig pulled his arrow back. — Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025 The head came up broadside, facing to Bill’s left, and Bill sought the bear’s ear with the crosshairs. — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025

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Perhaps owing to the obscurity of the ACM, its potential fate received less attention than the broadsides delivered against the NMAAHC. — Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 For all the verbal broadsides, no one ever believed Rauner and Emanuel, who were friends for years before that era, couldn’t communicate with each other reasonably even if striking deals was challenging. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for broadside

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Why Most Leaders Are Solving The Wrong Problem When performance breaks down—when a strategy conversation goes sideways, when a key decision gets rushed, when a team starts operating on edge—the default explanations tend to be external.

— Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
While consumer spending remains strong — which is good for the economy — it's increasingly propped up by high-earning households — a dynamic that threatens to sink the economy if things go sideways, economists said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of sideways

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Djokovic went up a quick break for 3-0 in the fourth set, and closed it out with a serve and volley winner.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
On the subsequent rebound, the ball found Kovačić at the top of the box, but his right-footed volley was barely deflected over the net by Diogo Costa.

— Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Definition of volley

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Guardino began collecting rock memorabilia 55 years ago, amassing vinyl records, posters, handbills and autographed photos into what is considered the largest private collection of rock ephemera in Northern California.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2026
The exhibition brings together public health campaigns, agitprop, benefit flyers, and club handbills showing how poster design helped build survival networks from the ground up.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2026

Definition of handbill

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Russia has unleashed waves of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv in recent months, including a barrage of strikes on Monday.

— Elise Spenner, ABC News, 9 July 2026
If Clase’s home run in the second was an uppercut, then Toronto’s offense in the third was a barrage of jabs.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Definition of barrage

Noun

Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.

— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.

— Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024

Definition of vituperation

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Canada’s largest lender also plans to increase annual compensation for its board directors by 22% to C$415,000 per year following a review by an external consultant, Royal Bank said in its annual proxy circular, filed Thursday.

— Christine Dobby, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026
Look for items on sale via the weekly store circular.

— Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026

Definition of circular

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But because of the devastation from Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, the elections were limited to one municipality, leaving only around five percent of the population—70,000 voters—eligible to cast their ballots.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 July 2026
Moscow has responded by intensifying its bombardment on Kyiv and other cities, exposing Ukraine’s vulnerability to ballistic missile strikes.

— Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of bombardment

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