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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime, clang |
| Synonyms: | bell, bong, crack, crash, knell, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, ring out, roar, roll, rumble, sound, strike, thunder, tintinnabulate, toll |
| Main Entry: | thunder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crashing sound |
| Synonyms: | barrage, blast, boom, booming, cannonade, clap, cracking, crash, crashing, detonation, discharge, drumfire, explosion, fulmination, outburst, peal, pealing, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunderbolt, thundercrack, uproar |
| Main Entry: | roaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loud |
| Synonyms: | big*, blaring, blatant, blustering, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, clamorous, crashing, deafening, deep, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, earsplitting, emphatic, forte, full, full-mouthed, fulminating, heavy*, high-sounding, intense, loud-voiced, lusty, obstreperous, pealing, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, resounding, ringing, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, wakes the dead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit or knock loudly |
| Synonyms: | boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, make noise, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder |
| Antonyms: | tap |
| Main Entry: | blare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make loud noise |
| Synonyms: | bark, bellow, blast, boom, bray, clamor, clang, honk, hoot, peal, resound, roar, scream, shout, shriek, sound out, toot, trumpet |
| Antonyms: | toot |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime; make bell-like noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, bong, buzz, clang, clap, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, play, pull, punch, resonate, resound, reverberate, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | thunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boom, crash |
| Synonyms: | blast, clamor, clap, crack, deafen, detonate, drum, explode, peal, resound, reverberate, roar, rumble, storm |
| Main Entry: | toll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ring out |
| Synonyms: | announce, bell, bong, call, chime, clang, knell, peal, signal, sound, strike, summon, warn |
| Main Entry: | bong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ring |
| Synonyms: | bang, chime, clang, peal, strike, toll |
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