1. extremely loud; so loud as to be painful or unbearable to the ears

Examples

• The earsplitting sound of the alarm clock woke everyone in the house.
• The crowd let out an earsplitting cheer when the home team scored.
• The construction site produced earsplitting noise all morning.
• She covered her ears at the earsplitting screech of the brakes.
• The concert's earsplitting volume forced many people to leave early.
• An earsplitting siren blared through the neighborhood.