Definition of tirade

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ti·rade    (trd, t-rd) KEY 

NOUN:

A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, act of firing, from tirer, to draw out, endure, probably back-formation from martirant, present participle of martirer, to torture (influenced by mar, to one's misfortune,, and tiranz, executioner, tyrant ), from martir, martyr, from Late Latin martyr ; see martyr