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Noun: tirade  'tI,reyd or tI'reyd
  1. A speech of violent denunciation
    "her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband";
    - philippic, broadside

Derived forms: tirades

Type of: declamation, denouncement, denunciation

Encyclopedia: Tirade