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blare

[ blair ]

verb (used without object)

blared, blaring.
  1. to emit a loud, raucous sound:

    The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,



verb (used with object)

blared, blaring.
  1. to sound loudly; proclaim noisily:

    We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.

noun

  1. a loud, raucous noise:

    The blare of the band made conversation impossible.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  2. glaring intensity of light or color:

    A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.

  3. fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance:

    a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.

  4. Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.

blare

/ ²ú±ôɛə /

verb

  1. to sound loudly and harshly
  2. to proclaim loudly and sensationally
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a loud and usually harsh or grating noise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blare1

1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren ( German ±è±ôä°ù°ù±ð²Ô )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blare1

C14: from Middle Dutch bleren ; of imitative origin
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His grandson regularly sees firetrucks pass by on the street with their blaring sirens.

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Handel delights in the blaring trumpet, the warbling flute, the miracle of harmony, the capacity of music to tame the savage beast and offer revelations of the beyond.

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Only one shop has a fridge and a dozen kids crowd around a communal computer taking turns to choose a song to blare out, causing adults to wince as they go about their day.

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Locking hands, Helly and Mark sprint down the hall toward the unknown as alarms blare, with the episode closing out on a freeze frame of their run as a red painted image.

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The blaring sound, combined with Sean Lowe waving a rag to try to clear the smoke, seemed to trigger Moose, who attacked his owner, ripping up one of Lowe’s arms in the process.

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