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peal, pealing, roll, rolling

n. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

peal

v. ring recurrently; "bells were pealing"

ring, peal

v. sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"

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thunder

n. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

jingle, jangle

n. a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"

force, forcefulness, strength

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

bankruptcy, failure

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

roar

n. the sound made by a lion

chime

v. emit a sound; "bells and gongs chimed"

bong

v. ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"

ring, knell

v. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

reverberate

v. treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"

toll

v. charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City"