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ka-boom

American

[kuh-boom] / kəˈbum /

interjection

(used to represent a sudden and loud sound, as of an explosion or a bass drum.)

Etymology

Origin of ka-boom

ka-, boom ¹

Example Sentences

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An exhilarating fusion of high and low, the movie takes a shopworn premise — townsfolk facing a violent threat — and bats it around until it all goes ka-boom.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

It comes out of the sky and lands with a flaming ka-boom on John Cena.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2018

That’s the real ka-boom, or the new ka-boom now that Stacey King douses every three-pointer with hot sauce.

From Chicago Tribune • Apr. 28, 2011

And I brace myself for the ka-boom, sure to follow.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

Rachel and Michael leave the wall, and we all watch it tip over with a ka-boom, exactly the way it has been threatening to do all night.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

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