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 Gunther: "I want to see a really good lunatic asylum, an academy where young artists are trained, and a musician."

From Time Magazine Archive

Boomed Lawyer Neylan: "I am very sorry that it is felt necessary to dig up old prejudices to explain this telephoto matter."

From Time Magazine Archive

Boomed Sir Charles last week: "I never intended to discredit the impartiality of an Admiralty official!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Boomed joyous Jouhaux as his fat fingers signed, "not merely a success but the greatest victory for workers which the history of trade unions has ever recorded!"

From Time Magazine Archive

The gun of the Longships Boomed out like a gong, "Ships Are bleating around me like sheep gone astray; There's fog in my channel As thick as grey flannel— Boom-rumble!—I'm busy; excuse me, I pray."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 by Various