REVERBERATE Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

reverberate

verb

ri-ˈvər-bə-ˌrāt

Definition of reverberate

as in to echo

to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other

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Recent Examples of reverberate Two months of heavy rainfall resulted in then-unfathomable devastation that still reverberates today. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations. — Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026 With more than 135 million people, Addis Ababa increasingly makes decisions that reverberate far beyond the Horn of Africa. — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The payments were introduced following a 2024 assassination attempt on Fico, who was shot and gravely wounded after a government meeting, shocking the small country and reverberating across Europe. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reverberate

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When the final whistle blew, applause echoed from both sides.

— Latif Love July 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Critics say the test rewards the smallest slice of the problem while ignoring Scope 3, the 80% to 95% of a producer's emissions that come from burning its fuel, and note the criteria echo the oil industry's own lobbying.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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