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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

roar back en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To suddenly become active, powerful or functional after a period of decline.
    • They would test their novel cancer vaccine against one of the most virulent forms of the disease, a cancer notorious for roaring back even in patients whose tumors had been removed. 2023 May 10, Benjamin Mueller, “Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial”, in The New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
roars back Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
roared back Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
roared back Tense=Past lexicographic
roaring back Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

come roaring back · roar to life