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Tirade
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What's The Definition Of Tirade?
[n] a speech of violent denunciation
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tirade: broadside | philippic Related Terms | Find terms related to Tirade: See Also | declamation | denouncement | denunciation Tirade In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who
profess to know anything about angels. --Quarterly
Review.
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