Dictionary
ti•rade
Pronunciation: (tī'rād, tī-rād'), [key]—
n.
1. a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
a tirade against smoking.
2. a long, vehement speech:
a tirade in the Senate.
3. a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry:
the stately tirades of Corneille. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.