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Noun
S:
(n)
circular
,
handbill
,
bill
,
broadside
,
broadsheet
,
flier
,
flyer
,
throwaway
(an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution)
"he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
S:
(n)
tirade
,
philippic
,
broadside
(a speech of violent denunciation)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
broadside
(all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship)
S:
(n)
broadside
(the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern)
"the ship was broadside to the dock"
S:
(n)
broadside
(the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship)
Verb
S:
(v)
broadside
(collide with the broad side of)
"her car broad-sided mine"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
hit
,
strike
,
impinge on
,
run into
,
collide with
(hit against; come into sudden contact with)
"The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
S:
(v)
stub
(strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object)
"She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"
S:
(v)
ping
(hit with a pinging noise)
"The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
S:
(v)
spang
,
bang
(leap, jerk, bang)
"Bullets spanged into the trees"
S:
(v)
rear-end
(collide with the rear end of)
"The car rear-ended me"
S:
(v)
broadside
(collide with the broad side of)
"her car broad-sided mine"
S:
(v)
connect
(land on or hit solidly)
"The brick connected on her head, knocking her out"
S:
(v)
spat
(strike with a sound like that of falling rain)
"Bullets were spatting the leaves"
S:
(v)
thud
(strike with a dull sound)
"Bullets were thudding against the wall"
S:
(v)
bottom
(strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom)
S:
(v)
bottom out
(hit the ground)
"the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"
S:
(v)
bump
,
knock
(knock against with force or violence)
"My car bumped into the tree"
S:
(v)
run into
,
bump into
,
jar against
,
butt against
,
knock against
(collide violently with an obstacle)
"I ran into the telephone pole"
S:
(v)
collide
,
clash
(crash together with violent impact)
"The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
S:
(v)
glance
(hit at an angle)
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Adjective
S:
(adj)
broadside
(toward a full side)
"a broadside attack"
Adverb
S:
(adv)
broadside
(with a side facing an object)
"the train hit the truck broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it"