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To sound with a peal or peals

The bell pealed 20 times, clanging into the dusk as Mr. Bush’s motorcade drove off.

{v} to play loud, to assail with noise
{n} a succession of loud sounds, noise, ring
To utter or give out loud sounds
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc
ring recurrently; "bells were pealing"
A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin
{i} ring of a bell; roll of thunder
To pour out
A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells
sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"
A set of bells, often between five and twelve in number, tuned to a diatonic scale
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) ring recurrently; "bells were pealing
To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad
loud, prolonged sound, as in: The peal of the bells at midnight woke everyone in town
To assail with noise or loud sounds
To storm, din, or assail (the ears, or a person) with (loud noise, clamour, etc ) (OED Vol XI, 396)
A group of different-sized bells, usually from two to six, located in a belfry of the Christian church and rung according to the liturgical calendar and on other special occasions Each bell of the peal swings at its own rate, thus producing an ensemble of disorganized sound This ringing is referred to as pealing In the British Isles, peal refers to 5,040 "changes" rung in continuous succession (See Change ringing) on a "ring" of bells Seven bells or more permit this number of changes; if the ring contains fewer than seven, a peal will consist of the maximum number of changes possible on that number
To appeal
To resound; to echo
{f} thunder; ring of a bell
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
When bells peal, they ring one after another, making a musical sound. Church bells pealed at the stroke of midnight. Peal is also a noun. the great peal of the Abbey bells
A peal of laughter or thunder consists of a long, loud series of sounds. I heard a peal of merry laughter
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