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broadside

adverb
  1. with a side facing an object
    “the train hit the truck broadside”
adjective
  1. toward a full side
    “a broadside attack”
noun
  1. the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
  2. the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
    “the ship was broadside to the dock”
  3. all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
  4. a speech of violent denunciation
    tiradephilippic
  5. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
    circular
verb
  1. to collide with the broad side of
    “The pirate ship broadsided our ship.”