noun
A loud noise
roar, blast, blare; see noise 1.
Sudden increase, especially sudden prosperity
rush, growth, inflation; see increase 1.
verb
To make a loud sound
roar, reverberate, thunder; see sound 1.
To increase rapidly
prosper, expand, swell, flourish; see grow 1, prosper.
take action against, move against, beat, overcome; see attack 2, punish.
See boom in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To make a continuous deep reverberating sound:
To make an earsplitting explosive noise:
To do or fare well:
An earsplitting, explosive noise:
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