as in bang
a loud explosive sound
the nerve-jangling boom of a car backfiring
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as in to rise
to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number
with the strong economy, business is booming
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as in to roar
to make a long loud deep noise or cry
the cannons boomed throughout the night
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Recent Examples of boom
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
The city’s budget was already relatively balanced before the tech boom.
—Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Israel’s arms industry has boomed in recent years.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Alongside larger cloud providers such as Microsoft, Oracle has been one of the big winners of the artificial intelligence boom, due to its cloud infrastructure business and its access to Nvidia's graphics processing units, or GPUs, needed for large workloads.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
The city’s budget was already relatively balanced before the tech boom.
—Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
But Trump himself keeps saying that the economy is in wonderful shape, booming without inflation, and any claims to the contrary are fake news.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Israel’s arms industry has boomed in recent years.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boom
Noun
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Princess Kate has experimented with short layers, sunny highlights, curtain bangs and even anonymously donated seven inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust charity in 2017.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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As for Gladys’s signature micro bangs, Wheat says those came about during the testing process, when the team was playing around with where to pin the wig.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Gabby Provenzano rose at the near post and powered home a header from point-blank range in the 81st minute, assisted by Sabrina McNeill’s cross off a corner.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Amazon subsidiary behind Masters of the Universe is called Regal Leo UK Productions in a nod to He-Man's royal lineage and MGM's roaring lion logo.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Forget roaring lawnmowers and fuel-guzzling tractors.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, videos of a booing crowd with a few claps quickly made it to social media.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Bounces reporter Ben Rothenberg noted that the president received some claps as well.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Federal Supplement Security Income payments would increase for January but those payments would be made at the end of December.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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But there is really no reason why this should be the case for Pilates—which consists of different low-impact movements to strengthen your core muscles, increase your flexibility, improve your posture and give you more awareness of your body in general.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tanks rumbled through Tiananmen Square, a location that offered a stark reminder of how authoritarian states can violently crush democratic movements.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The early-morning thunderstorms that rumbled across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys Tuesday also produced nearly 10,000 dry lightning strikes, sparking wildfires from the Mother Lode to the grasslands of eastern Sacramento County.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Several blasts were heard in Doha, witnesses said.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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During livestreams of Timmer’s tornado chases, large audiences swell and follow along in the hunt from the safety of home.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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These reports became a short story and then swelled to something else.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Boom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boom. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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