Broadside - English meaning

verb

Use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.

Usage examples:

The judge abused his power by imposing the fines

noun

The improper use of something.

Usage examples:

Alcohol abuse

verb

Cruel or inhumane treatment

verb

Make a physical attack on.

Usage examples:

He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer

noun

A physical attack.

Usage examples:

His imprisonment for an assault on the film director

verb

Attack someone physically or emotionally

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

noun

A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.

Usage examples:

His forces launched an artillery barrage on the city

verb

Bombard (someone) with questions, criticisms, complaints, etc.

Usage examples:

His doctor was barraged with unsolicited advice

noun

The action of striking repeatedly with hard blows.

Usage examples:

The south of england will take the heaviest battering

verb

Strike repeatedly with hard blows.

Usage examples:

A prisoner was battered to death with a table leg

verb

(of a wall) have a receding slope.

noun

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion.

Usage examples:

They were thrown backwards by the blast

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

exclamation

Expressing annoyance.

Usage examples:

‘blast! the car won't start!’

noun

A continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

Usage examples:

An aerial bombardment will precede the attack

noun

A piece of brick used as a missile.

Usage examples:

He had received a blow with a brickbat

noun

A spoken attack

Usage examples:

The members of parliament hurled brickbats at the minister., she responded angrily to the brickbats…

noun

A period of continuous heavy gunfire.

Usage examples:

The french attack began with a cannonade

verb

Discharge heavy guns continuously.

Usage examples:

Gunboats on the amur cannonaded during the night

verb

Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Usage examples:

The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the department of trade

noun

The formal expression of severe disapproval.

Usage examples:

Two mps were singled out for censure

noun

The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.

Usage examples:

He received a lot of criticism

noun

An opinion given about something or someone, esp. a negative opinion, or the activity of making such judgments

Usage examples:

[ c ] it was meant as a suggestion, not a criticism., [ u ] he was singled out for strong criticism…

noun

Public condemnation of someone or something.

Usage examples:

Denunciation of his reckless methods

noun

A strong, public criticism

Usage examples:

[ c ] he gave a ringing denunciation of fascism.

noun

A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Usage examples:

A diatribe against consumerism

noun

An angry speech or piece of writing that severely criticizes something or someone

Usage examples:

He launched into a long diatribe against the lack of action in congress.

noun

Strong criticism.

Usage examples:

You must be strong enough to take the flak if things go wrong

noun

Strong criticism or opposition

Usage examples:

She caught some flak from her parents.

noun

Strong criticism or opposition

Usage examples:

Catch/draw/get flak the company has been catching flak lately for its lack of customer service., an…

noun

A series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.

Usage examples:

Marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles

verb

Fire a fusillade at (a place or person).

Usage examples:

The mahdi's adherents fusilladed his palace at khartoum

noun

A number of bullets fired at the same time or one after another quickly

noun

A lengthy and aggressive speech.

Usage examples:

They were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by two border guards

verb

Lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner.

Usage examples:

He harangued the public on their ignorance

verb

To speak to someone or a group of people, often for a long time, in a forceful and sometimes angry way, esp. to persuade them or to express disapproval

Usage examples:

He harangued the class for half an hour about not paying attention., the coach delivered his regula…

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

noun

A violent and forceful attack

Usage examples:

Fig. with the nice weather, the beach towns are expecting an onslaught of tourists.

noun

A bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one.

Usage examples:

The lecture was a tremendous philippic against our culture

noun

A speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something.

Usage examples:

His polemic against the cultural relativism of the sixties

adjective

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His polemic against the cultural relativism of the sixties

noun

A piece of writing or a speech in which a person argues forcefully for or against someone or something

Usage examples:

A series of polemical essays

verb

Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.

Usage examples:

She was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all

noun

A spell of ranting; a tirade.

Usage examples:

His rants against organized religion

noun

A simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle.

Usage examples:

A deafening salvo of shots rang out

noun

A member of the salvation army.

Usage examples:

The salvation army's annual red shield appeal is coming up in may, and the salvos are looking for 1…

noun

A firing of several guns at the same time, either in a war or in a ceremony, or a statement in an exchange of opinions

Usage examples:

His opening salvo in the debate sparked a war of words.

verb

Cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.

Usage examples:

He was working for his father slating a new roof

noun

A fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.

Usage examples:

Slate quarries

noun

A flat plate of slate formerly used for writing on in schools.

Usage examples:

The teacher was demonstrating, the children copying on to slates

noun

A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.

Usage examples:

A tirade of abuse

noun

An angry speech, often lasting a long time, that expresses strong disapproval

Usage examples:

My father’s tirades against politicians were famous.

noun

A number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time.

Usage examples:

The infantry let off a couple of volleys

verb

(in sport, especially tennis or soccer) strike or kick (the ball) before it touches the ground.

Usage examples:

She volleyed the ball home

noun

A large number of bullets or arrows fired at the same time

Usage examples:

A volley of questions, i was ahead in the first game, but then hit a bad volley and a bad forehand.