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Philippic

Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.

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Declamation 76% connected

The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise…

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Denouncement 76% connected

Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.

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Denunciation 76% connected

Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

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Broadside 92% connected

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

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Tirade 92% connected

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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