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sonic boom
 

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Noun sonic boom has 1 sense
  1. sonic boom - an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound; "a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship"
    --1 is a kind of     shock wave, blast wave

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Sonic Boom

Noun

1. a thunderous sound produced by the shock wave formed when an object moves through the air faster than the speed of sound.

Example sentence: The loud sonic boom startled the neighborhood.

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Adjective

1. indicating or relating to a sound that exceeds the speed of sound.

Example sentence: The supersonic fighter jet created a sonic boom when it broke the sound barrier.

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Verb

1. to produce or cause a sonic boom.

Example sentence: The rocket's engines were so powerful that they would sonic boom upon launching.

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