tirade
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"Bobby wanted to enquire further, but knew better; more questions were apt to set off a tirade." – Stephen King, Hearts In Atlantis
Bobby wanted to learn more, but he knew if he were to ask more questions someone was bound to break out in an angry speech.
asperse,
aspersion,
billingsgate,
calumniate,
calumny,
censure,
denounce,
denunciation,
deride,
derision,
derisive,
diatribe,
disparage,
invective,
inveigh,
lambaste,
malign,
obloquy,
philippic,
reprehend,
scurrilous,
tirade,
vilify
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