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tirade
(encz) | tirade,tiráda n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tirade
(gcide) | Tirade \Ti*rade"\, n. [F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling;
hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare
to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See
Tear to rend, and cf. Tire to tear.]
A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a
rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in
censorious and bitter language.
[1913 Webster]
Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who
profess to know anything about angels. --Quarterly
Review.
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tirade
(wn) | tirade
n 1: a speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade,
philippic, broadside] |
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tirade
(encz) | tirade,tiráda n: Zdeněk Brož |
Retirade
(gcide) | Retirade \Ret`i*rade"\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See
Retire.] (Fort.)
A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which
may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are
dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a
reentering angle.
[1913 Webster] |
tirade
(wn) | tirade
n 1: a speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade,
philippic, broadside] |
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