Definition of "ear-splitting" [ear•-split•ting]

• Alternative spelling of earsplitting. (adjective)

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• "But then, suddenly, Chloe let out an ear-splitting scream."
• "• Board a pleasure boat on the Nile, where the capital's denizens come out to play in a fiesta of ear-splitting Arab pop beats and eye-watering neon."
• "And I miss the wonderful noise that a grand prix grid used to create, its individual components – the angry bark of the 1954 straight-eight Mercedes, the ear-splitting shriek of the V12 Matra of the late 70s, the eerie whoosh of the turbocharged four-cylinder BMW of the mid-80s – as distinctive as the instruments of an orchestra."