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booming

/ˈbuːmɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth. · The power of China's booming economy continues to stun the world.
  2. Loud and resonant. · He was asked to be MC at the function on account of his booming voice.
  3. Delivered with aggressive loudness; blaring; vociferous.
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We stood near the edge peering down at the gleam of the breaking water far below us against the black rocks, and listening to the half-human shout which came booming up with the spray out of the abyss.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 121 · B2
Did you ever hear a bittern booming?”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 83 · C1

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