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earsplitting

[eer-split-ing] / ˈɪərˌsplɪt ɪŋ /


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An earsplitting techno-accompanied dance party turns into a raid and a wild rebellion by the “queens”—likely a reference to the Stonewall uprising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

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.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Walker fondly recalls those glory seasons, when the Phillies made consecutive World Series trips in 2008 and 2009, and all the excitement, the earsplitting noise that made Citizens Bank Park the place to be.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

Instead, they embraced every shred of criticism, no matter how pointed or earsplitting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

He spent his days muttering dyspeptically to himself and singing naughty sea chanteys, with the occasional random earsplitting screech thrown in just to make you jump.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly


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