Loud
Loud adjective - Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity.
Usage example: loud thunder
Shattering and loud are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shattering" instead an adjective "Loud".
Nearby Word: loudly
Shattering
Shattering adjective - Seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering.
Usage example: shattering rain striking the windowpanes
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- As a result, shattering glass has become a fictional shorthand for indicating that a sound (often someone singing) is particularly loud or high-pitched.
Source: Glass-Shattering Sound -
The effects used to haphazardly censor his profanity included an obnoxiously loud bleep, an obnoxiously loud siren, farting and belching noises, and shattering glass.
Source: Web Video / Retsupurae - How about the glass shattering in one room of the Brookhaven Hospital, or the loud crash you hear in one of the Toluca Prison's restrooms after knocking on a locked bathroom stall?
Source: Nothing Is Scarier / Video Games
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