The shattered oars start forth; / round swings the prow, and lets the waters sweep / the broadside. Onward comes a mountain heap / of billows, gaunt, abrupt.
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Broadside
//ˈbrɔːdsaɪd//
Synonyms for "broadside" (96 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- борд noun (one side of a warship)
- бордов залп noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
Danish
3 entries- bredside noun (one side of a warship)
- bredside noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
- skillingsvise noun (printed lyrics)
Finnish
4 entries- kyljittäin adv (with side towards something)
- sivuittain adv (with side towards something)
- arkkiveisu noun (printed lyrics)
- täyslaidallinen noun (one side of a warship)
French
3 entries- bordée noun (one side of a warship)
- bordée noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
- flanc noun (one side of a warship)
German
1 entries- Breitseite noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
Icelandic
1 entries- breiðsíða noun (one side of a warship)
Irish
1 entries- go cliathánach adv (with side towards something)
Italian
2 entries- bordata noun (one side of a warship)
- bordata noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
Japanese
1 entries- 舷側砲 noun (one side of a warship)
Māori
1 entries- koronae adv (with side towards something)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bredside noun (one side of a warship)
- bredside noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
- bredside noun (written or spoken attack)
- breiside noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- breiside noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
Polish
1 entries- salwa burtowa noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
Portuguese
1 entries- folhetão noun (large sheet, printed on one side and folded)
Spanish
3 entries- andanada noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
- andanada noun (written or spoken attack)
- costado noun (one side of a warship)
Swedish
3 entries- bredsida noun (one side of a warship)
- bredsida noun (the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship)
- skillingtryck noun (printed lyrics)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Broadside! What fools to face our guns!
Source: wiktionary
Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the social order.
Source: wiktionary
Fernández's diplomatic broadside follows the British government's decision last month to name a large frozen chunk of Antarctica after the Queen – a gesture viewed in Buenos Aires as provocative.
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