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brickbats

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun brickbat has 2 senses
  1. brickbat - a fragment of brick used as a weapon
    --1 is a kind of
    fragment
  2. brickbat - blunt criticism
    --2 is a kind of
    criticism, unfavorable judgment

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Brickbats

Part of Speech: noun

Sense 1: Small pieces of brick or stone used as missiles or for throwing at someone.

Example sentence: The angry crowd started throwing brickbats at the police officers.

Sense 2: Criticism or negative remarks aimed at someone.

Example sentence: The politician received a lot of brickbats for his controversial statements.

Sense 3: Broken fragments or remains of something.

Example sentence: The demolition crew cleared away the brickbats from the collapsed building.

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