groundburst

Definition of groundburstnext

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Noun
  • The company has been scrambling to keep up with tech rivals amid the AI boom but still hasn't delivered on the Siri revamp two years later.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Time Warner had agreed to be purchased by Internet provider AOL in 2000 with the hopes that the merger would help the legacy media company survive and prosper during the dot-com boom.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • The roughly 20-meter space rock caused a powerful airburst that injured about 1,500 people and damaged thousands of buildings.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The 2032 pass of the hypothetical swarm will arrive from the nighttime side of the Earth, at which point Boslough said the probability of an impact or airburst might be higher than average.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Groundburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundburst. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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