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Another word for deafening

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Adjective

  1. Marked by extremely high volume and intensity of sound

    See also:

    sounds

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Another word for deafening

Modifier
  1. See also:

    loud

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Sentence Examples

  • There was a deafening roar that echoed throughout the cavern.

  • Another deafening clap of thunder brought her hands instinctively to her ears.

  • Another brilliant bolt of lightning ended in a deafening clap of thunder.

  • The guns of that battery were being fired continually one after another with a deafening roar, enveloping the whole neighborhood in powder smoke.

  • Faster and faster, vying with one another, they moved at the double or at a trot, vanishing amid the clouds of dust they raised and making the air ring with a deafening roar of mingling shouts.

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