Synonyms for sonic boom
son·ic boom

Princeton's WordNet

1. sonic boomnoun

   an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound

   "a sonic boom follows an aircraft as a wake follows a ship"

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1. • Shock Wave

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1. Tom Ballantyne:

   Because of the sonic boom it will only be able to fly at supersonic speed over the oceans, in other words unpopulated areas, there will also be restrictions at many airports because a Concorde is very noisy.

2. cassandra enge:

   Get a life, sonic boom

3. Brian Schaeffer:

   It was almost like a sonic boom that went through the community.

4. John Ratcliffe:

   Frankly, there are a lot more sightings than have been made public, we are talking about objects that have been seen by Navy or Air Force pilots, or have been picked up by satellite imagery, that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain, movements that are hard to replicate, that we don't have the technology for or are traveling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom.