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earsplitting
[ eer-split-ing ]
adjective
- ear-piercing:
an earsplitting explosion.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of earsplitting1
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Example Sentences
As I stepped into the main building that housed Unit C, an earsplitting siren blared suddenly and a dozen strobes flashed.
An earsplitting crack was followed by a mosquito-like voice singing in the wilderness.
This earsplitting racket continued, he says, without interruption for two days.
Above the earsplitting thunder of the eruption he heard shrill cries and raucous shoutings.
The automatic radiation safety equipment filled the ship with an earsplitting buzz of warning.
They were halfway out on the reef when the plane leveled out of its dive with an earsplitting whine.
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