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1. (n.) tirade
a prolonged outburst of bitter denunciation.
2. tirade
a long, vehement speech.
3. tirade
a passage dealing with a single theme, as in poetry:
the stately tirades of Corneille.
Etymology: (1795–1805; < F: lit., a stretch, (continuous) pulling < It tirata, n. use of fem. of tirato, ptp. of tirare to draw, pull < VL
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1. (noun) tirade, philippic, broadside
a speech of violent denunciation
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1. (noun) tirade
a declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language
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