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Definition of "blare" [blare]

  • To sound loudly and stridently: a stereo blaring in the next apartment. (verb-intransitive)
  • To cause to sound loudly and stridently: Don't blare the stereo. (verb-transitive)
  • To proclaim loudly and flamboyantly: headlines blaring the scandal. (verb-transitive)
  • A loud, strident noise. (noun)
  • Flamboyance. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "blare" in a sentence
  • "Someone should stand out front of this and blare from a radio all the incendiary comments Rush has made."
  • "And then he heard his name blare across the Internet broadcast."
  • "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim… Can anyone hear that name blare across the loudspeakers and not think of Nick Adenhart, the young Angel killed by a drunk driver this past April?"