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reverberation

 noun
     
Related topics: Colours and Sounds
re‧ver‧be‧ra‧tion
1 [countable usually plural] a severe effect that is caused by a particular event and continues for a long time [= repercussion]:
the scandal's political reverberations
2 [uncountable and countable]C a loud sound that is heard again and again as it is sent back from different surfaces [↪ echo]
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