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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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noun

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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
Instead of a carefully handwritten piece of parchment (what’s known as an engrossed copy), this variant is one of the few surviving broadside editions. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026 With election season around the corner, the Federal Communications Commission issued a broadside on Wednesday aimed at late-night and daytime shows that air political interviews. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for broadside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside
Adverb
  • The occupants of the boat began to argue and the boat turned sideways to the waves and wind.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
  • And that's when things went sideways.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Highlights will include Presentation of Colors, military band performance, remarks by military and civic leaders and Missing Man Formation flyover, 21-gun rifle volley and Taps.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • Beua Leroux slammed home a volley in the 18th minute and Reid Roberts scored his first MLS goal in the 81st for San Jose.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • At one point, the crew shot a scene in which Whalen’s character joins a bar fight, shouting invectives at a hapless extra before pummelling him to the ground.
    Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Riley would have invented invectives.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Posters, handbills, ephemera—all were charged with code-red urgency.
    Joel Lobenthal, Air Mail, 7 Mar. 2026
  • No unauthorized solicitation and materials including handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, giveaways, samples, etc. Weapons or explosives of any kind.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Ukraine launched one of its largest drone barrages of the war, killing at least three people near Moscow and another in Belgorod and wounding a dozen more, officials said.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • The internet absolutely let Clavicular have it, ridiculing the influencer with a barrage of memes.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
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
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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
Noun
  • So few buildings are left standing after Israeli bombardment that the Mediterranean is visible in the distance.
    Shira Pinson, NBC news, 17 May 2026
  • The country’s recent bombardment of Lebanon, killing thousands in response to Hezbollah strikes launched after joint US-Israeli strikes assassinated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has also drawn widespread condemnation internationally.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 May 2026

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“Broadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadside. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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