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in all directions

ADVERB
blindly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aimlessly frantically indiscriminately instinctively madly wildly
WEAK
at random confusedly pell-mell purposelessly
Antonyms
WEAK
carefully cautiously considerately purposely reasonably sensibly
ADVERB
every which way
Synonyms
STRONGEST
haphazardly randomly
WEAK
all over the place at every turn everyway everywhere everywhither in all manner of ways in every quarter indiscriminately irregularly

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The Bell Beaker people rapidly expanded and rippled out further in all directions, creating the bronze age of central Europe.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

California Highway Patrol issued an alert around 7:30 a.m. that the intersection is closed in all directions for six hours.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

More recently, a senior US intelligence officer said he saw "countless orange orbs swarming in all directions" last year rendering him "speechless".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The Kremlin said it had ordered a temporary truce to be in effect from Saturday afternoon until the end of Sunday, a 32-hour period during which Russia would stop fighting "in all directions".

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Screeching and chattering, they scattered in all directions and disappeared in the timber.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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