[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

broadside \broad"side`\, n.
   1. naut. the side of a ship above the water line, from the
      bow to the quarter.
      1913 webster

   2. a discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship,
      at the same time.
      1913 webster

   3. a volley of abuse or denunciation. colloq.
      1913 webster

   4. print. a sheet of paper containing one large page, or
      printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
      1913 webster
see also:
broadsheet 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

broad-side \broad-side\ v. t.
   to collide with the broad side of. her car broad-sided mine

   syn: broadside.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

broadside
     adj : toward a full side; "a broadside attack"
     n 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, handbill, bill,
           broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
     2: a speech of violent denunciation syn: tirade, philippic
     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
     adv : with a side facing an object; "the train hit the truck
           broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and
           capsized it"
     v : collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine"
see also:
circular handbill bill broadsheet flier flyer 
throwaway tirade philippic 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

75 moby thesaurus words for "broadside":
   antiaircraft barrage, aside, askance, askant, asquint, bank,
   barrage, beam, bombardment, border, box barrage, breadthwise,
   broad side foremost, broadside on, broadways, broadwise, burst,
   cannonade, cannonry, cheek, chop, coast, crabwise,
   creeping barrage, depthwise, drumfire, edgeway, edgeways, edgewise,
   emergency barrage, enfilade, flank, fusillade, glancingly, hail,
   hand, handedness, haunch, hip, jowl, laterad, laterality,
   laterally, many-sidedness, mortar barrage, multilaterality,
   normal barrage, on its side, on the beam, planking, profile,
   quarter, right and left, salvo, shore, shower, side, sideling,
   sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, siding,
   sidling, spray, standing barrage, storm, temple, through,
   unilaterality, volley, widthways, widthwise

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