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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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"When all you see is ice in all directions, to think of that ice being gone in the recent geological past and again in the future is just really humbling," he says.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and army chief Valery Gerasimov have been instructed to "cease hostilities in all directions during this period", the Kremlin said.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a truce for Orthodox Easter, with Vladimir Putin saying he's ordered Russian troops to cease fire "in all directions" this weekend.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The fabric must be able to stretch in all directions, which necessitates a four-way stretch fabric.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

With his right hand he shook a torch whose rays spread out in all directions lighting the depths of the waters and penetrating into the bowels of the earth.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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