reverberate

reverberate (rɪˈvɜːbəˌreɪt)

—vb
1.	(intr) to resound or re-echo: the explosion reverberated through the castle
2.	to reflect or be reflected many times
3.	(intr) to rebound or recoil
4.	(intr) (of the flame or heat in a reverberatory furnace) to be deflected onto the metal or ore on the hearth
5.	(tr) to heat, melt, or refine (a metal or ore) in a reverberatory furnace

[C16: from Latin reverberāre to strike back, from re- + verberāre to beat, from verber a lash]

re'verberant

—*adj*

re'verberative

—*adj*

re'verberantly

—*adv*

reverber'ation

—n

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Example sentences

The direct and indirect impacts of housing development and rehabilitation

reverberate throughout the nation.

Tsunamis are so persistent that they can reverberate through an ocean for days,

bouncing back and forth between continents.

Indeed, our actions reverberate throughout the global community.

We're hoping the discussion will reverberate and expand.

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"One of the most important things, to my mind, in English style is word-order. For us, the most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word. One should therefore think twice about what one puts at a sentence-end. But in a German sentence this final position may be reserved, by a most curious grammatical convention, for an infinitive or past participle; or, in a subordinate clause, for the main verb. Thus logical emphasis, unless particularly strong, tends to be sacrificed to mere grammar."

-F.L. Lucas

reverberate

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