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(verb) grow stronger; "The economy was booming" |
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Synonyms: expand, flourish, get ahead, prosper, thrive |
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Related Words: grow, luxuriate, revive |
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(verb) make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" |
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Synonyms: boom out |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(verb) make a resonant sound; as of artillery: "His deep voice boomed through the hall." |
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Synonyms: din |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(noun) any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring |
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Related Words: spar |
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(noun) a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set |
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Synonyms: microphone boom |
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Related Words: pole |
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(noun) a deep prolonged loud noise |
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Synonyms: roar, roaring, thunder |
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Related Words: noise |
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(noun) a sudden happening that brings very good fortune |
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Synonyms: bonanza, goldmine, manna from heaven |
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Related Words: happening, natural event, occurrence |
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(noun) a state of economic prosperity |
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Related Words: prosperity |
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(verb) be the case that thunder is being heard |
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Synonyms: thunder |
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(verb) hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" |
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Synonyms: blast, nail, smash |
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Related Words: hit |
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