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noun a speech of violent denunciation
originEtymology tree French tirer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French tiradebor. English tirade Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).
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