- Fierce verbal attack - Forceful verbal attack, Naval cannon assault - The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to
the quarter. - A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a
ship, at the same time. - A volley of abuse or denunciation. - A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed
on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
- Argument or controversy - Fierce verbal or written attack - Strong verbal or written attack - Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or
involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic
discourse or essay; polemic theology. - Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy;
disputations; as, a polemic writer. - One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or
system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a
controversialist; a disputant. - A polemic argument or controversy.