as in claps
a loud explosive sound
the nerve-jangling boom of a car backfiring
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as in increases
to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number
with the strong economy, business is booming
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as in roars
to make a long loud deep noise or cry
the cannons boomed throughout the night
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Recent Examples of booms
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
Visit Big Bear said the decision to move forward with the event was not made lightly and that organizers were working with the fireworks provider to reduce the loudest booms where possible.
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
What history says about this moment Mahjong booms aren’t new in America.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The reality is that many Syrians can benefit if Al-Khayyat — who is 41 and built his career during one of the largest infrastructure booms in modern history — brings his experience, and capital, home.
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Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
Greenspan was appointed Fed chairman in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and held the position — through busts and booms — until retiring in 2006.
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Marty Steinberg,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
A lot has changed since then—including the tech sector’s market dominance after the dot-com, social media, and AI booms—accounting for the wide gap.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Weil says Rockmount has weathered booms and busts over its eighty years of business.
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Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Using absorbents, plastic booms and vacuums, the county crews cleaned up the storm drain system.
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Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Massive field goal for Ole Miss Rebels kicker Lucas Carneiro booms a 58-yard field goal to cut Miami’s lead to 17-13 with 11 seconds left in the first half.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Music booms out into the night air, blending with the incessant roar of engines.
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Jonathan Hawkins,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Not everyone wants to spend the Fourth dodging booms.
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Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
Visit Big Bear said the decision to move forward with the event was not made lightly and that organizers were working with the fireworks provider to reduce the loudest booms where possible.
—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
What history says about this moment Mahjong booms aren’t new in America.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
The reality is that many Syrians can benefit if Al-Khayyat — who is 41 and built his career during one of the largest infrastructure booms in modern history — brings his experience, and capital, home.
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Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 June 2026
Greenspan was appointed Fed chairman in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and held the position — through busts and booms — until retiring in 2006.
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Marty Steinberg,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
A lot has changed since then—including the tech sector’s market dominance after the dot-com, social media, and AI booms—accounting for the wide gap.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Weil says Rockmount has weathered booms and busts over its eighty years of business.
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Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Using absorbents, plastic booms and vacuums, the county crews cleaned up the storm drain system.
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Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 June 2026
Verb
Officially, Charlevoix is home to about 3,000 year-round residents, but come summer, the town booms with visitors.
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Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
Massive field goal for Ole Miss Rebels kicker Lucas Carneiro booms a 58-yard field goal to cut Miami’s lead to 17-13 with 11 seconds left in the first half.
—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Music booms out into the night air, blending with the incessant roar of engines.
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Jonathan Hawkins,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booms
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One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
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There were the polite claps after good attacks by the Swiss, sarcastic whistles by the Qatari fans after their team again failed to mount a threat.
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During pregnancy, iron demand increases to support both the baby and placenta, while postpartum recovery can further lower ferritin due to blood loss.
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Beginning a section of rules with a short explanation about the rule’s purpose makes a more positive statement to the community, and hopefully increases community compliance and cooperation.
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But if there is no clear-eyed accounting and address of the specific and systemic failings that led to so much loss last July 4, what happens the next time a flood roars through Texas Hill Country?
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.
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Edgar-Jones, who has long been known for her enviable hair—her piecey bangs and teddy bear bronde color have shown up on mood boards everywhere—previously told Vogue that her ultimate inspiration is none other than the patron saint of French Girl Beauty, Jane Birkin.
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Instead, the Q*bert soundtrack bangs.
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And when a bond is dumped, its yield — or the interest the government must pay new investors in those same bonds — rises.
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Black smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026.
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Griffith growls Griffith could be in position to win its first Greater South Shore Conference title since 2018.
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Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
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Windows were broken blocks away, just from the concussion of these blasts at Allegheny Arsenal.
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The blasts of noise and oregano at Kafeneion, a restaurant above a wine bar in a building across from the city’s Victorian-era Parliament House, ricocheted my brain to my one trip to Athens a dozen years earlier.
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Most people only hear about it when a lymph node swells during a cold, or when a social media video promises a gua sha stone will detox their face.
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And if out-of-towners are visiting, the ranks of the older timers swells a few more.
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“Booms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booms. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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