1 [C,usually pl.,U] a loud noise that continues for some time after it has been produced because of the surfaces around it
SYNECHO:
The reverberations of the drum were still vibrating in the air. * The house shook with the reverberation of the bomb.
2 (reverberations) [pl.] the effects of sth that happens, especially unpleasant ones that spread among a large number of people
SYNREPERCUSSION:
the political reverberations of the scandal
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