Webster's English Dictionary

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broadside

1. broad.side \'bro.d-.si-d\ n 1: the side of a ship above the waterline  
   2: a broad or unbroken surface  archaic  3a: a sheet of paper printed on 
   one side  3b: a sheet printed on one or both sides and folded  4: something 
   (as a ballad) printed on a broadside  5a: all the guns on one side of a 
   ship; also : their simultaneous d ischarge 5b: a volley of abuse or 
   denunciation 
2. broadside av 1: with the broadside toward a given object or point  2: in 
   one volley  3: at random  - broadside aj