blare
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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a loud, raucous noise.
The blare of the band made conversation impossible.
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glaring intensity of light or color.
A blare of sunlight flooded the room as she opened the shutters.
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fanfare; flourish; ostentation; flamboyance.
a new breakfast cereal proclaimed with all the blare of a Hollywood spectacle.
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Eastern New England. the bawl of a calf.
verb
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to sound loudly and harshly
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to proclaim loudly and sensationally
noun
Etymology
Origin of blare
1400–50; late Middle English bleren; akin to Middle Dutch blaren, Middle Low German blarren, Middle High German blerren ( German plärren )
Example Sentences
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Car horns blared and Persian music pumped through open windows.
From Los Angeles Times
Loud pop and rock music blares down the entire block, punctuated by the odd cheer and whoop from spectators.
From BBC
When he’d climbed up the stairs to the first level of Chip’s house, he could hear a TV siren blaring from the family room.
From Literature
“This story promises to have the happiest ending you will ever hear,” blares a propaganda loudspeaker, one of the novel’s narrators.
Today, hip hop plays at weddings, fills Ivy League dorms and blares from cycling studios in wealthy suburbs.
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