booms
Thunder's rolling echoes
Booms is the plural of boom, covering its various senses.
A boom is a deep resonant sound—thunder booms, cannons boom, a voice booms across a room.
A boom is also a period of rapid growth or prosperity: economic booms, the postwar housing boom, business is booming.
In physical senses, booms are long poles or barriers—the horizontal beam holding a sail, the arm extending a microphone, or a floating barrier containing oil spills.
Sudden forceful burst
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- dynamitePowerful blasting compound
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
destruction · demolition · devastation · ruins · aftermath · concussion · fireball · smoke
Storm's acoustic aftermath
clap · thump · echo · resonance · reverberation · blast · cacophony · decibels
Good fortune, success
- expansionIncrease in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- bull marketPeriod of rising prices
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
wealth · profits · revenue · surge · upturn · windfall · bonanza · flourishing
Sudden powerful increase
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- growthIncrease in size
- generationAge-defined peer group
demographic · postwar · millennial · fertility · birthrate · increase · spike · wave
Principal vessel canvas
- spinnakerDownwind sailing sail
- jibTriangular sail forward
- mastVessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
outhaul · tackle · sheet · halyard · forestay · clew · winch · shrouds
Staying atop liquid
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- oil spillPetroleum released into water
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- logSectioned tree trunk
debris · marina · dam · channel · blockade · obstruction · restriction · checkpoint
blast
Sudden forceful burst
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- dynamitePowerful blasting compound
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
crater · destruction · demolition · devastation · ruins · aftermath · concussion · fireball · smoke · shrapnel
thunder
Storm's acoustic aftermath
bang · clap · thump · echo · resonance · reverberation · blast · cacophony · decibels · deafening
prosperity
Good fortune, success
- expansionIncrease in scope
- growthIncrease in size
- bull marketPeriod of rising prices
investment · wealth · profits · revenue · surge · upturn · windfall · bonanza · flourishing · thriving
surge
Sudden powerful increase
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- growthIncrease in size
generation · demographic · postwar · millennial · fertility · birthrate · increase · spike · wave
mainsail
Principal vessel canvas
rigging · outhaul · tackle · sheet · halyard · forestay · clew · winch · shrouds · gaff
floating
Staying atop liquid
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- oil spillPetroleum released into water
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
log · debris · marina · dam · channel · blockade · obstruction · restriction · checkpoint · cordon
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- productiondirectors, pre-production, producers, production, cameras
- trendstrends, trend, fad, craze, rage
- film setsoundstage, sound stage, film set, set, backlot
- river cleanupplastic waste, volunteers, water testing, oil spills, skimmers
- Trend Termsfads, crazes, trendsetter, influencer, fad
boomsbusts
Head-and-shoulders sculptures
crashes · recessions · collapses · depressions · downturns
- baby boomerPostwar generation member
- baby boomPeriod of high births
- boom boxPortable cassette stereo
- sonic boomShockwave's audible crack
- boom boxesLarge portable stereo systems
- housing boomRapid residential construction increase
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