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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
/ ɛə /
verb
- to sound loudly and harshly
- to proclaim loudly and sensationally
noun
- a loud and usually harsh or grating noise
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blare1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blare1
Example Sentences
Footage posted on social media, as yet unverified by the BBC, showed people calmly heading for higher ground in Puerto Williams, with sirens blaring in the background.
And about 3 a.m., we were woken up again with the blaring of a blowhorn with an announcement saying, “You have to leave this area, we’re using this for staging.”
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.
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