Meaning & use
Brickbat
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A critical or hostile remark, or literally a piece of brick used as a missile.
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The politician's speech drew brickbats from critics on both sides.
Rioters hurled brickbats at the retreating police line.
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The figurative sense of a sharp verbal attack grew naturally from the literal image of throwing broken bricks as weapons.
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