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sound barrier

noun as in physical boundary to supersonic

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Intense sonic booms could be heard overhead as Israeli jets broke the sound barrier.

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Along the coast in the city of Tyre, Israeli jets are swooping low, breaking the sound barrier - but the beach below is more crowded.

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Heart-stopping sonic booms interrupt the hum of traffic in Beirut, as Israeli warplanes break the sound barrier in the skies above.

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Instead, Israeli warplanes are breaking the sound barrier to spread fear.

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The aircraft did manage to crash-land along the highway but slammed into a concrete sound barrier and burst into flames, killing both pilots.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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