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
Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 June 2026
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Alligator Biologist Alicia Wassmer said that as North Carolina’s human population booms, biologists are seeing more human-alligator interactions in the state.
—Eva Flowe
june 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
California’s budget can rise and fall sharply based on gains in the stock market, which puts the state in good financial position during booms and vulnerable during busts.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
Using absorbents, plastic booms and vacuums, the county crews cleaned up the storm drain system.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 9 June 2026
The throwback elements of Rush’s show – the zigzagging colored lasers, the bursts of pyro that momentarily stunned with their booms, the gratification of watching musicians so focused on their music that running around the stage was not an option – reminded of a simpler era of concert-going.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
These booms—as well as a massive price tag—prompted the 2003 retirement of the only supersonic passenger plane, the Concorde, which ferried passengers starting in 1976.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 June 2026
There were three distinct booms and busts in railroad construction between 1869 and 1896, the most dramatic of which came in the early 1870s, when spending peaked at $400 million a year—nearly 5% of GDP.
—Fortune, 2 June 2026
So engineers need to design booms that are as light as possible, but also strong enough not to twist around in flight.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 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.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Music booms out into the night air, blending with the incessant roar of engines.
—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Weil says Rockmount has weathered booms and busts over its eighty years of business.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 June 2026
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Alligator Biologist Alicia Wassmer said that as North Carolina’s human population booms, biologists are seeing more human-alligator interactions in the state.
—Eva Flowe
june 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
California’s budget can rise and fall sharply based on gains in the stock market, which puts the state in good financial position during booms and vulnerable during busts.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
Using absorbents, plastic booms and vacuums, the county crews cleaned up the storm drain system.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 9 June 2026
The throwback elements of Rush’s show – the zigzagging colored lasers, the bursts of pyro that momentarily stunned with their booms, the gratification of watching musicians so focused on their music that running around the stage was not an option – reminded of a simpler era of concert-going.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026
These booms—as well as a massive price tag—prompted the 2003 retirement of the only supersonic passenger plane, the Concorde, which ferried passengers starting in 1976.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 June 2026
There were three distinct booms and busts in railroad construction between 1869 and 1896, the most dramatic of which came in the early 1870s, when spending peaked at $400 million a year—nearly 5% of GDP.
—Fortune, 2 June 2026
So engineers need to design booms that are as light as possible, but also strong enough not to twist around in flight.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
Officially, Charlevoix is home to about 3,000 year-round residents, but come summer, the town booms with visitors.
—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.
—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.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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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.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Researchers think that making art also increases neuroplasticity (the ability to form new connections).—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
17 June 2026
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That increases the risk that individuals’ personal data could be exposed, misused or commercialized without their consent.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
17 June 2026
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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?—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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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.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
23 June 2026
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Instead, the Q*bert soundtrack bangs.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2026
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Historic elements of the former hotel remain today, including a grand piano and white stone, spiral staircase that rises up to the second-floor banquet rooms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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The Love Goddess Venus rises in your 10th House of Career and Status, standing opposite cosmic detective Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so public goals confront private truths that need recognition.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Griffith growls Griffith could be in position to win its first Greater South Shore Conference title since 2018.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
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Kurtz and both of Caglianone’s blasts would have gotten out of any ballpark in America.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
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Weather service and public safety officials said the safest thing to do is to stay away from the beaches altogether until the southern swells start subsiding.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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Storms and swells reshape the landscape.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
18 June 2026
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