broadside vs offensive

broadside

noun
  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

offensive

noun
  • An attack. 

  • The posture of attacking or being able to attack. 

adj
  • Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive. 

  • Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, or indignation. 

  • Having to do with play directed at scoring. 

How often have the words broadside and offensive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )