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tirade

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Here  he  delivers  a  violent  tirade  against  persons  who 
  profess  to  know  anything  about  angels.  --Quarterly 
  Review. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tirade 
  n  :  a  violent  denunciation  [syn:  {philippic},  {broadside}]




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