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blare
[ blair ]
verb (used without object)
- to emit a loud, raucous sound:
The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
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verb (used with object)
- to sound loudly; proclaim noisily:
We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.
noun
- a loud, raucous noise:
The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
- glaring intensity of light or color:
A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
- fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance:
a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.
- Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.
blare
/ ²ú±ôɛə /
verb
- to sound loudly and harshly
- to proclaim loudly and sensationally
noun
- a loud and usually harsh or grating noise
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blare1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blare1
Example Sentences
His grandson regularly sees firetrucks pass by on the street with their blaring sirens.
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.
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.
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.
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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