ka-boom
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of ka-boom
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
No one says anything for a minute, but I notice that Hannah gives me a worried look and then sighs, like she’s waiting for a big ka-boom.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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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