sonic boom
noun
: a sound resembling an explosion produced when a shock wave formed at the nose of an aircraft traveling at supersonic speed reaches the ground
called also sonic bang
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The sonic boom created by a supersonic aircraft could be as loud as 110 dB on the ground, similar to a car horn blaring at close range.
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New Atlas, 9 June 2025
Importantly, Boom demonstrated its first supersonic flight without producing an audible sonic boom on the ground.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
New technology in supersonic aircraft can allow the planes to fly faster than the speed of sound without a disruptive sonic boom being heard on the ground, but the regulations still ban those flights over land.
—Josh Funk, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
Sound designer Paul Arditti racks up the sonic booms and spectral shrieks by the dozen.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
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New Atlas, 9 June 2025
Importantly, Boom demonstrated its first supersonic flight without producing an audible sonic boom on the ground.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
New technology in supersonic aircraft can allow the planes to fly faster than the speed of sound without a disruptive sonic boom being heard on the ground, but the regulations still ban those flights over land.
—Josh Funk, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
Sound designer Paul Arditti racks up the sonic booms and spectral shrieks by the dozen.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sonic boom
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“Sonic boom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sonic%20boom. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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