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broadside
a strong verbal attack or critique
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Questions about “broadside”
Broadside (noun) means a strong verbal attack or critique
Here is broadside used in an example sentence: "The editorial was a broadside against the mayor's housing policy."
Common synonyms for broadside include tirade, diatribe, assault, denunciation.
Antonyms of broadside include praise, endorsement.
Broadside is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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