broadsides Sentence Examples
- The frigate unleashed a thunderous barrage of broadsides upon the enemy ship.
- The broadsides of the galleon echoed across the vast ocean.
- Sailors braced themselves against the recoil of the massive cannons launching broadsides.
- The broadsides ripped through the enemy's hull, sending timbers flying and crewmen to their doom.
- The battle raged on as ships exchanged broadsides, each hoping to sink the other.
- The deafening noise of the broadsides drowned out all other sounds on the water.
- The broadsides illuminated the night sky with flashes of gunpowder and the glow of burning wood.
- The commander ordered his crew to cease fire, the broadsides fading into silence.
- The ship was riddled with holes from the enemy's broadsides, its fate sealed.
- The broadsides of the opposing fleets clashed in a deafening symphony of destruction.
broadsides Meaning
broadsides
their simultaneous discharge, all the guns on one side of a ship, a broad or unbroken surface, with the side forward or toward a given point, a sizable sheet of paper printed on one side, directly from the side, with one side forward, a volley of abuse or denunciation, the side of a ship above the waterline, directed or placed broadside, a firing of all of the guns that are on the same side of a ship, something (such as a ballad) printed on a broadside, a strongly worded attack, at random, from the side, in one volley, a sheet printed on one or both sides and folded, to hit broadside, a sheet of paper printed usually on one side (as an advertisement), the part of a ship's side above the waterline
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FAQs About the word broadsides
their simultaneous discharge, all the guns on one side of a ship, a broad or unbroken surface, with the side forward or toward a given point, a sizable sheet of
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The frigate unleashed a thunderous barrage of broadsides upon the enemy ship.
The broadsides of the galleon echoed across the vast ocean.
Sailors braced themselves against the recoil of the massive cannons launching broadsides.
The broadsides ripped through the enemy's hull, sending timbers flying and crewmen to their doom.
