Synonym: broadside, philippic. Similar words: trade, grade, parade, trader, abrade, grader, upgrade, degrade. Meaning: ['taɪreɪd /taɪ'reɪd] 
n. a speech of violent denunciation.
n. a speech of violent denunciation. 31. The parliamentary chairman, Wu Bangguo, used the occasion to launch a lengthy tirade against Western - style democracy.
32. She fairly gasped in her excitement, not willing to pause in her tirade.
33. There was no interrupting her tirade. She had the floor and meant to hold it.
34. The unexpected answer made David Letterman who was anticipating the old lady's severe criticism and tirade against the meal served on the aircraft, gobsmacked into silence and inactivity.
35. Another person off limits in your trade tirade is the coach.
36. An English professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, Mr Wilson has crafted a tirade against the country's "wanton" embrace of "manic bliss".