ear-splitting

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Despite a roaring crowd awash in a sea of red at nearly ear-splitting decibels, the Hawks kept the composure they've shown all season and in the first two games of the series, coming out of the gate strong against the more battled-tested Flames.

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  • The music conjures up a vision of what Hell must be like with flames shooting out of every spore and daggers slicing with a madman's temper while surrounding the listener by walls of screams that torment and blare at ear-splitting frequencies. —  All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
  • In front of another house-full of ear-splitting-loud supporters, the Mustangs taught the Bulldogs some humility with a 46-18 barrage in the second half that sent the Bulldogs home for the season.
  • I cannot save the newborn Mohammed, monitors on his chest, a respirator over his tiny face, born within the ground-shaking, ear-splitting terror of bombs falling from F16s, into a life from hell, where the smoke of exploding shells and bombs gags the other children, the women, the men, fleeing helpless before the behemoth wielding their "pure arms" to crush these —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • But starting Thursday, every day at the 162-yard 16th at the TPC Scottsdale will be a Super Bowl of duck soup for 20,000 pairs of leather lungs in an outdoor exercise in ear-splitting that only an audiologist could love. —  TheGolfChannel Headlines
  • The current music is an attack on my last nerve, and the volume is ear-splitting. —  [Home] Post Staff blogs
 

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