adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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ear-splitting music
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The noise was ear-splitting as grenades landed all around us.
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There was an ear-splitting roar as the jets took off.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A deafening purr, quite ear-splitting !
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Conversation was carried on against a background of ear-splitting barking.
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I waited for her to erupt as the ear-splitting entourage drew level.
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Next we get the usual nonsense: wordless dialogue, optical semaphoring, gauche laughter, ear-splitting silence.
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The noise was ear-splitting as more shells landed in the orchard.
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They climbed to the roofs of the terminals, broke windows and shutters and created an ear-splitting din.