LAUGHER Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

laugher

noun

Definition of laugher

as in blowout

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Recent Examples of laugher While Sunday afternoon’s anticipated pitching duel turned into a laugher of a loss for the Yankees, the day’s second game starved them and the Dodgers for offense despite both teams throwing a bullpen game. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026 Sunday’s 9-4 finale win was more tug-of-war than Saturday’s 9-1 laugher, though. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026 Game 4 was a laugher from the tip, with the Knicks using the 3-point arc as a starting point for their personal pop-a-shot game. — CBS News, 10 May 2026 The Sox absolutely pummeled Detroit, 10-3, Tuesday night in a game that was a laugher from the start. — Zach Dean, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for laugher

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Noun

If the blowout look keeps dominating, Velcro rollers could see wider everyday use.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Yes, there were plenty of blowouts and overmatched teams that may not have enjoyed their playoff experience too much.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of blowout

Noun

Of those, 21 finished the sweep in Game 4, and the remaining four won the series in Game 5.

— Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
In a sweep of BLM data last week, the Center For Western Priorities identified 17 data center projects across six Western states, a figure that doesn’t count applications for supporting infrastructure.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweep

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The trigger for lithium-ion battery fires is a process called thermal runaway, a cascading sequence of heat-releasing reactions inside the battery cell.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
In The Runaway, Rockwell illustrated a runaway at a diner getting help from a police officer.

— Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of runaway

Noun

What goes up … But by the midterm year of 1966, much of the energy from LBJ's landslide election in 1964 had been expended — and much more had been siphoned off by his escalation of the war in Vietnam.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
Last year, the line was closed for a month for repairs designed to protect it against landslides.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of landslide

Noun

Reckoning with the bloody history of global conquest has become a task for all museums whose collections are legacies of colonial control.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
As ruler of the Olympian gods, Zeus occupied a central position in Greek mythology; following Rome’s conquest of Greece, he became associated with the Roman god Jupiter while continuing to be depicted according to classical sculptural conventions.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of conquest

Noun

That the first foreign policy message after the victory went to Moscow, and through a Russian state outlet, says a good deal about where the new government’s instincts lie.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Observers say a victory for Yotova would keep the presidency in the hands of the ruling majority.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of victory

Noun

The Houthis ramped up their advance on Taiz last month, after a lightning-fast capture of the port city of Mokha, an area about 130 kilometers (80 miles) away that is vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Since the 2009 financial crisis, Africa’s biggest economy went on a spending frenzy, running deficits, racking up debt and offering a rich menu of excuses — ranging from global crises, sluggish growth, state capture and COVID-19.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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