earsplitting
ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
Origin of earsplitting
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How to use earsplitting in a sentence
No singer—not Miley Cyrus, not Pitbull, not Robin Thicke—got the kind of ear-splitting, elated response that Mahone did.
I Was Way Too Old for Z100’s Jingle Ball Concert. But I Couldn’t Have Had More Fun. | Kevin Fallon | December 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the end, Silverman hurled her microphone to the floor with an ear-splitting thump, and made a quick getaway.
Watch the good, the bad, and the most ear-splitting celebrity renditions of the national anthem.
15 Best and Worst Celebrity National Anthem Performances | The Daily Beast Video | July 1, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTAn ear-splitting succession of squeals had issued from the dark interior of the pen, and the bear had backed off in amazement.
The Backwoodsmen | Charles G. D. RobertsHis huge hand caught the hypnotic stone and swept it into crashing, ear-splitting cacophony against the cold steel bulkhead.
The Link | Alan Edward Nourse
A dull boom floated up on the breeze, but was drowned in an ear-splitting crash somewhere close to me.
The Invasion | William Le QueuxThese were the cries that rent the air from a thousand throats, an ear-splitting accompaniment to the surging storm of humanity.
Serapis, Complete | Georg EbersAll were hard at work, their gunners working like men possessed, and the crash of their constant discharge was ear-splitting.
The Invasion | William Le Queux
British Dictionary definitions for ear-splitting
so loud or shrill as to hurt the ears
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