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tirade

/ˈtaɪɹeɪd/

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What does tirade mean?

noun

  1. A long, angry or violent speech.
  2. A section of verse concerning a single theme.

verb

  1. To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtaɪɹeɪd/

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Gabriel took the key, without waiting to hear the conclusion of the tirade.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
“You might have spared yourself the trouble of delivering that tirade,” answered Georgiana.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260
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She was already in the rapids of an ethical tirade about the “sickly medical notions” and the morbid admission of weakness implied in such an apparatus.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204
But I will not weary you with any longer tirade.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
Doubtless the reader is well satisfied that the author of this tirade is now in jail, where she can no longer defy the laws of good taste.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558