Sentence: Then: "Take the offensive everywhere," Hobson cried as he brought his philippic to its close and his audience to its feet. Attack! Attack! Attack!
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Word: philippic
Definition:
- a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation : tirade
- Example: the head coach was briefly suspended after launching into a foul-mouthed philippic during a press conference.
Not a word I have heard before, yet Simon and Garfunkel have a song using it, A Simple Desultory Philippic.
Also found this older version by Paul Simon.