broadside

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From broad + side.

'Be sure the broadside shall be printed.' — The Fifth Queen Crowned, Ford Madox Ford
Whatever you do, don't get her broadside on. — The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
It seemed no time when another broadside came. — The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

circular, handbill, bill, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway

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