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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud sound; make loud sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, blare, blow, burst, clang, clap, crack, din, honk, peal, roar, scream, slam, smash, toot, trumpet, wail, wham |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gust of wind |
| Synonyms: | blow, draft, gale, squall, storm, strong breeze, tempest |
| Antonyms: | breeze, quiet, stillness |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun time |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bash*, blow out, excitement, good time, great time, party, riot* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explode |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blight, blow up, bomb, break up, burst, damage, dash, demolish, destroy, detonate, dynamite, injure, kill, ruin, shatter, shrivel, spoil, stunt, torpedo, wither, wreck |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lambaste; defeat mentally |
| Synonyms: | attack, beat, castigate, clobber, criticize, drub, flay, lash out at, lick*, rail at, shellac, whip* |
| Antonyms: | boost, compliment, praise, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accusation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge of wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allegation, arraignment, attribution, beef, blast*, bum rap, censure, citation, complaint, denunciation, dido, exposé, gripe, impeachment, imputation, incrimination, indictment, insinuation, recrimination, roar*, rumble*, slur, squawk, stink* |
| Antonyms: | exculpation, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gases forming the atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | blast, breath, breeze, draft, heavens, ozone, puff, sky, stratosphere, troposphere, ventilation, waft, whiff, wind, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, signaling device |
| Synonyms: | Mayday, SOS, alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, flap, flash*, forewarning, gong, high sign, horn, nod, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, squeal, tip, tip off, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink, yell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
| Synonyms: | advertise, annunciate, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum, give out, impart, intimate, issue, make known, make public, pass the word, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around, state, tell, trumpet |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, keep secret, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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