reverberateverb
uk/rɪˈvɜː.bər.eɪt/us/rɪˈvɝː.bɚ.eɪt/reverberate verb (SOUND)
[ I ] literary If a loud, deep sound reverberates, it continues to be heard around an area, so that the area seems to shake:
The narrow street reverberated with/to the sound of the workmen's drills.
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- flutter
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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Sound & its properties
reverberate verb (EFFECT)
[ I + adv/prep ] If an event or idea reverberates somewhere, it has an effect on everyone or everything in a place or group:
News of the disaster reverberated around the organization.
The surge in US share prices reverberated across the globe.
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Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- act
- affect
- applicability
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth
- cross
- force
- inroad
- inspiration
- instrumental
- jerk
- lead 1
- leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
- thing
- tilt the balance/scales idiom
- turn sb's head idiom
- unlock
- warp
- work against/for sb
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