to wake the dead, loud enough
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Very loud, as in That band is loud enough to wake the dead. This hyperbolic expression dates from the mid-1800s.
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Words nearby to wake the dead, loud enough
tovarisch, tovarishch, Tovey, tow, towage, to wake the dead, loud enough, toward, towardly, towards, towaway, towaway zone
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