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boom

noun as in loud sound; crash

noun as in prosperity

verb as in crash; make loud sound

verb as in prosper

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Turkey has had more than a decade of economic boom, and is now the sixth-most-visited tourist destination in the world.

“I was watching ‘Daniel The Tiger’ with my kid and I heard two shots like ‘boom-boom,’” he said.

But the dress was its own unapologetic sonic boom—and was immediately much-copied.

Christie has a lot riding on fulfilling his promise of shepherding Atlantic City into a third boom era.

The current energy and industrial boom, according to Siemens President Joe Kaeser, “is a once-in-a-lifetime moment.”

There was a distant, dull boom in the air—a repeated heavy thud.

“Boom” refers, of course, to the large amount of support which Cleveland obtained on his second election to the Presidency.

A church clock struck the hour of seven, its clangor intruding upon the silence only as a muffled boom.

It is a generally accepted axiom that a public man cannot afford to be modest in these go-ahead days of "boom."

And as I watched the canvas shake and heard it boom and flap I heartily welcomed it.

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On this page you'll find 147 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to boom, such as: explosion, bang, barrage, blare, blast, and burst.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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