boomed

VERB

crash; make loud sound

Synonyms

STRONGEST

explode resound reverberate roar thunder

STRONG

bang blast burst clap crack drum roll rumble slam smash sound wham

Antonyms

STRONG

fix mend praise

WEAK

collapse fail falter lose

VERB

prosper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

develop expand flourish grow intensify strengthen swell thrive

STRONG

appreciate bloom enhance flower gain increase spurt succeed

WEAK

rise in value

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease compress contract decline decrease fail halt languish lessen lower shrink stop stunt weaken

STRONG

lose shrivel

WEAK

collapse falter

Example Sentences

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Boomed Senator Arthur Vandenberg: "I am not interested in itinerant saboteurs."

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Boomed Spaak: "The referendum would not be held without fighting in Belgium."

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Boomed big-hearted Baptist Johnson: The week's headline-catching medical pronouncement came from a woman doctor: fatness, said Dr. Hilde Bruch of Columbia University's departments of psychiatry and pediatrics, is caused by overeating.

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Boomed the Democrat who had just won Joe McCarthy's seat in an upset election: "Senator Johnson, I've got the biggest birthday present of 'em all for you; me."

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Heavily dragged the night; the Year Was passing, and the clock's slow tick Boomed its sad message to my ear And made me pretty sick.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 7, 1914 by Various