Philippic synonyms

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tirade
A long, vehement speech, esp. one of denunciation; harangue
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diatribe
A bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation
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reproach
An expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke:
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exchange
The act or an instance of exchanging:
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discussion (related)
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
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speech (related)
The language or dialect of a nation or region:
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screen
(Baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
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fulmination
The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
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harangue
A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.
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jeremiad
A long speech or prose work that bitterly laments the state of society and its morals, and often contains a prophecy of its coming downfall.
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praise (related)
(Archaic) A reason or basis for praise
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broadside
(By extension) A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
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  • For First six years the war with Philip had been a theme of barren Philippic. talk.

  • Philippic entitled " Shall I Slay my Brother Boer?

  • These ideas became known to his Spanish rulers, and to assuage them he wrote a philippic called the Mars gallicus (1635), a violent attack on French ambitions generally, and on Richelieu's indifference to international Catholic interests in particular.

  • On the 2 ist, a few moments after the estates had assembled, the king in full regalia appeared, and taking his seat on the throne, delivered that famous philippic, one of the masterpieces of Swedish oratory, in which he reproached the estates for their unpatriotic venality and licence in the past.

  • He was bitterly attacked by Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) in the senate on the ist of September for not being present there, and on the next day replied in his First Philippic. He then left Rome and devoted himself to the completion of the de Qfficiis, and to the composition of his famous Second Philippic, which was never delivered, but was circulated, at first privately, after Antony's departure from Rome to Cisalpine Gaul on the 28th of November.

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