rend the ears
verb
Roget 404:
be loud
etc.
adj.;
peal,
swell,
clang,
boom,
thunder,
blare,
fulminate,
roar;
resound
etc.
408.
speak up,
shout
etc.
(vociferate)
411;
bellow
etc.
(cry as an animal)
412.
rend the air,
rend the skies;
fill the air;
din in the ear,
ring in the ear,
thunder in the ear;
pierce the ears,
split the ears,
rend the ears,
split the head;
deafen,
stun;
faire le diable a quatre [Fr.];
make one's windows shake,
rattle the windows;
awaken the echoes,
startle the echoes;
wake the dead.
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