earsplitting

[eer-split-ing]

adjective

1. ear-piercing.

   an earsplitting explosion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of earsplitting¹

First recorded in 1880–85; ear ¹ + splitting

Example Sentences

This earsplitting scene would last for a good ten minutes.

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As she said the word “fire,” there was an earsplitting crack.

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International Airport flight path and have to contend with both helicopters and the earsplitting sonic reality of jets landing and taking off.

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The source of the earsplitting disruption was the Hard Summer music festival held at Hollywood Park, adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

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In Alexis Scheer’s “Breaking the Story,” which opened on Tuesday at Second Stage Theater, the initial bang is an earsplitting doozy: an explosion that throws a war journalist and her videographer to the ground.

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