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verb (used without object)
1.
to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
verb (used with object)
2.
to sound loudly; proclaim noisily: We sat there horrified as the radio blared the awful news.
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Blaring
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noun
3.
a loud, raucous noise: The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
4.
glaring intensity of light or color: A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
5.
fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance: a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.
6.
Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren (German plärren)
1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren (German plärren)
Synonyms
1, 3. blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.
1, 3. blast, bellow, roar, clang, clamor; screech, honk.
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