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ear-piercing

adjective as in blaring

adjective as in deafening

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Then came an ear-piercing scream, like a thousand unoiled door hinges all swinging at the same time.

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A certain portion of the fanbase do romanticise the ear-piercing sound of the engines from the 1990s and early 2000s.

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It could also be called a song cycle that employs ear-piercing rock and, for respite, a welcoming string quartet.

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And he’s not referring to the ear-piercing, 130-decibel sound coming from his Red Bull Racing 20 car.

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Anyone trying to re-create the 1980s mall experience would need the scents of Cinnabon and multiplex popcorn, the sound of someone at the keyboard in the organ store, food courts, frozen yogurt, free ear-piercing with purchase, mall Santas, ball pits and sing-alongs, Footlocker stores, fountains, Hammacher Schlemmer storefronts, a Bloomie’s or Penney’s or Macy’s, and vast acres of parking — enough, like the Puente Hills mall, for you and your DeLorean to experiment with time travel.

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

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