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adverb

Definition of broadsidenext
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

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as in volley

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2
as in invective

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3
as in handbill

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Recent Examples of broadside
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
Noun
In 2022, a 13-year-old cyclist going the wrong way had been injured in a similar broadside crash. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 With a spiky and Scotch-taped sound, the album is a 30-minute broadside against overthinking the artistic process. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for broadside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside
  1. sideways
  2. volley
  3. invective
  4. handbill
  5. barrage
  6. vituperation
  7. circular
  8. bombardment
Adverb
  • Price has gone sideways for a week and a half while RSI cooled, and the stock didn't give any ground.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • When so much else can go sideways mid food-project (was that cup of sugar a few grams off?
    — Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of sideways
Noun
  • The two sides fired white, smoky volleys, their guns making a black-powder hiss-bang.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • James Bree scored a superb volley to give the visitors a two-goal lead in the 11th minute.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of volley
Noun
  • One invective accuses the directors of destroying the truth-telling potential of documentary.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Alongside his criticisms of Britain, the Argentine president devoted some invective to the United Nations itself.
    — Adrienne Vogt, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of invective
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • This was studied New Zealand, Tasmania and some parts of South America where modelling to be least affected by a nuclear winter and unlikely to suffer direct hits in a nuclear barrage.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The latest Russian aerial barrage underscored the scale of the rebuilding task, as did the ongoing search for people missing beneath rubble after a deadly airstrike in southern Ukraine on Monday.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of barrage
Noun
  • As these things go, the tweet exposes Hotez to public vituperation on social media and possibly physical harm.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • On March 12, Nickels tweeted a notice of a scientific conference in Washington at which Peter Daszak, the head of a research funding organization who has long been the target of vituperation by lab-leak advocates, would appear on a panel.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Definition of vituperation
Noun
  • In mid-September, Bloomberg reported that public money-market funds in the kingdom have been asked to limit investments and assets held outside Saudi Arabia to 5% within two years, citing a recent circular from the CMA.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
  • First is a transition from a circular to a linear view of time and history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of circular
Noun
  • It is named after Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold that Israel largely decimated in heavy bombardment in 2006.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The bombardment heats the fuel toward the extreme temperatures required for commercial fusion.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of bombardment

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