broadside

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The side of a ship above the water line.
2. n. All the guns on one side of a warship.
3. n. The simultaneous discharge of these guns.
4. n. A forceful verbal attack, as in a speech or editorial.
5. n. A large sheet of paper usually printed on one side.
6. n. Something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a broadside. Also called broadsheet.
7. n. A broad, unbroken surface.
8. adv. With the side turned to a given point or object; sideways: The wave hit the canoe broadside and sank it.
9. v. To strike or collide with full on the side: lost control of the truck and broadsided the car.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The whole side of a ship above the water-line, from the bow to the quarter.
2. n. A simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a vessel of war: as, to fire a broadside.
3. n. In general, any comprehensive attack with weapons of any kind directed against one point or object.
4. n. A sheet printed on one side only, and without arrangement in columns; especially, such a sheet containing some item of news, or an attack upon some person, etc., and designed for distribution.
5. n. Any surface resembling the side of a ship in breadth, etc., as a house-front.
6. With the broadside directed toward the point specified.
7. Pell-mell; unceremoniously: as, to go or send broadside.

Wiktionary

1. n. nautical One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.
2. n. by extension A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
3. n. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
4. n. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
5. adv. Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
6. v. transitive To collide with something sideways on

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
2. n. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
3. n. colloq. A volley of abuse or denunciation.
4. n. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. collide with the broad side of
2. n. the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern
3. n. all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
4. n. a speech of violent denunciation
5. n. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
6. adv. with a side facing an object
7. adj. toward a full side
8. n. the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship