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English Dictionary: Tirade by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tirade
n
  1. a speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade, philippic, broadside]
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.
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