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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

/ ɛə /

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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51Թ 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 ä )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of blare1

C14: from Middle Dutch bleren ; of imitative origin
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Standing alongside a hundred civic leaders as police sirens blared in the background, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass delivered her most impassioned critique of the federal response to anti-ICE protests to date Thursday.

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An expansive tsunami warning arrived minutes later — sending alarms blaring on the cellphones of Californians from the North Coast through the San Francisco Bay Area, including Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda.

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Sirens blared along Ramona Boulevard in Baldwin Park as police officers from throughout the region gathered Friday to mourn one of their own.

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They announced their arrival by blaring their truck sirens as their line of armored personnel carriers.

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Within minutes, she watched her son’s location pass by their home with the sound of blaring sirens.

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