What is "sonic booms"

Usage examples of "sonic booms".

I can hear sonic booms as line after line of fire slashes across the Martian sky.

Another chain of sonic booms rattled the trees, and the heat from the conflagration behind him seemed to be intensifying.

They leapt and squawked as sonic booms shook trees and feathers alike.

The quaint shops had taken a big hit from the sonic booms of the landing.

There were more rumblings, a series of sonic booms, and the sky was full of sound.

A series of deep, rolling sonic booms rocked the city of Joburg, bringing Voertrekkers and kaffirs into the streets.

Then came the multiple sonic booms, the grating sound of the airship's fuselage bending and flexing.

As backdrop, the ultraviolet maw of a vast game arcade spews digitized and sound-lab-sweetened detonations, whooshes, sonic booms and Gatling farts.