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The answer BROADSIDE has 45 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of broadside in various dictionaries:
noun - an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
noun - a speech of violent denunciation
noun - all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
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a sheet of paper printed on one side only, forming one large page. |
a fierce verbal attack. |
Collide with the side of (a vehicle) |
With the side turned in a particular direction. |
A sheet of paper printed on one side only, forming one large page. |
A firing of all the guns from one side of a warship. |
A fierce verbal attack. |
on or from the side: |
a strong written or spoken attack: |
to hit something on one of its longer sides: |
Broadside description |
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A broadside is the side of a ship, the battery of cannon on one side of a warship; or their coordinated fire in naval warfare. From the 16th century until the early decades of the steamship, vessels had rows of guns set in each side of the hull. Firing all guns on one side of the ship became known as a "broadside". The cannons of 18th century men of war were accurate only at short range, and their penetrating power mediocre, entailing that the thick hulls of wooden ships could only be pierced at short ranges. These wooden ships sailed closer and closer towards each other until cannon fire would be effective. Each tried to be the first to fire a broadside, often giving one party a decisive headstart in the battle when it crippled the other ship. |