/rɪˈvɜrbəˌreɪt/

verb

1 a to return or send back. b to repel or drive back. c to echo. 2 a to send or force back. b to repel from side to side.

The couple’s marriage crumbled into bickering and caterwaul. When they were not fighting, they were little more than roommates that shared a mattress. When they were fighting, the boisterous conflict reverberated the windows of their nearly empty house.


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“Reverberate.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/reverberate. Accessed 9 May 2025.

The Effin’ Word, s.v. “reverberate”, accessed May 9, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/reverberate.

The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Reverberate. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved May 9, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/reverberate


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