loud report

The eyes of the huge brute opened instantly, and he had half risen before the loud report of the gun rang through the thicket.

Mautang replied with more blows, when suddenly a bullet whistled, followed by a loud report.

But scarcely had the latter advanced a few steps when there was a loud report, as if a pistol had gone off under his feet.

There was a flash followed by a loud report, and with a groan Jeanne fell prone upon the earth.

A wild, mad cry, blended with the loud report echoed in many a mountain gorge, and the youth fell dead on the sward.