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broadside

/ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/ noun C2
  1. One side of a ship above the waterline.
  2. All the guns on one side of a warship.
  3. The simultaneous firing of these guns.
  4. A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.
  5. A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
  6. The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

Plural broadsides

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It was time, for just as I jumped the deck burst with a noise like the broadside of a man-of-war.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 337 · C1

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