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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of broadside.

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Examples

  • U.S. 60 bypass and "broadsided" Danhauer's vehicle, who was westbound on the bypass.

    Evansville Courier & Press Stories 2010

  • This is not a broadsided criticism of current policy.

    Christopher Sabatini: As Latin America Changes Will the U.S. Policy Debate? Christopher Sabatini 2011

  • Mr. Berlusconi was broadsided by a wave of criticism on Friday when the weekly magazine L'Espresso reported that Mr. Lavitola called Mr. Berlusconi from Bulgaria on Aug. 24, seeking advice on how to respond to the investigation.

    Berlusconi Faces New Storm Stacy Meichtry 2011

  • LOS ANGELES — Authorities are considering charges for three boys suspected of being in a car that ran a red light, struck and killed a pedestrian and broadsided a school bus.

    Downtown LA School Bus Crash Kills One, 38 Injured AP 2010

  • I went still hunting and this buck walked 20 yards in front of me broadsided.

    Field & Stream 2009

  • This is not a broadsided criticism of current policy.

    Christopher Sabatini: As Latin America Changes Will the U.S. Policy Debate? Christopher Sabatini 2011

  • He reached for the door, but the window hit his knuckles hard; it forced his arm back and left him to be broadsided by the door—right in the balls.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • He reached for the door, but the window hit his knuckles hard; it forced his arm back and left him to be broadsided by the door—right in the balls.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • The shares nose-dived in the following years, as Russia was broadsided by the worst recession in more than a decade, and the shares haven't reached their offering price since.

    Putin, in Campaign Mode, Proposes VTB Share Buyback Ira Iosebashvili 2012

  • He reached for the door, but the window hit his knuckles hard; it forced his arm back and left him to be broadsided by the door—right in the balls.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

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