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Synonyms for boom

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for boom

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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Synonyms for boom

a deep prolonged loud noise

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a state of economic prosperity

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a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

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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

make a resonant sound, like artillery

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hit hard

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be the case that thunder is being heard

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make a deep hollow sound

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grow vigorously

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Current scholarship identifies 1594 as a watershed year for playbook publication and, in their work on the popularity of playbooks, Alan Farmer and Zachary Lesser cite this 1594 'boomlet' as an unusual, brief expansion in a playbook market that did not pick up speed until after 1598.
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A construction boomlet is producing a couple dozen new custom and spec homes.
The election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran has generated a boomlet of optimism, not only about the prospects for a deal on the nuclear question but also about the chances for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia regarding the increasingly intense and increasingly sectarian regional struggle for influence.
Still, Riesling sales, which underwent a boomlet in the past few years, have slowed slightly, falling short of 201 1's overall wine growth of 4.7% as reported by the Wine Market Council in January.
Overall, what we are going to see in the next several years is a boomlet in residential construction, especially in the South and West, and any area that is seeing an influx of returning military personnel and their families, just remember il is 2012 not 1952.
Even before the latest Palin boomlet, interviews with voters across Iowa suggested that despite their starkly different backgrounds and resumes, Bachmann might struggle in Palin's shadow.