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thunderbolt
  1. A flash of lightning accompanied by an instant crash of thunder.
  2. (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
  3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
  4. (soccer) A very powerful shot.
  5. (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
  6. (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “During the storm, the lightning struck nearby, followed by a loud thunderbolt that shook the entire house.”
      “The announcement of her sudden resignation was a thunderbolt to her colleagues.”
      “Buzzell was a lost soul, waiting for a thunderbolt to blast him out of his dead-end existence.”
thunder
  1. The loud rumbling sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
  2. A sound resembling thunder; especially, one produced by a jet airplane in flight.
  3. A deep, rumbling noise.
  4. An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
  5. (obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
  6. (figuratively) The spotlight.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “I ran out of the shop, and as I did, there was a loud clap of thunder and a flash of lightning.”
      “The thunder of the drums rang out around Newbridge town center, sounding the start of Bealtaine, the town's annual arts festival.”
thunderstone
  1. (archaic) A thunderbolt.
  2. A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The thunderstone, or thunderbolt, was supposed to have no power of harming any one who was asleep, or who wore laurel leaves.”
      “The Palace Museum, National Museum of China, Prince Kung's Mansion, Microsoft, Thunderstone Technology Ltd.”
      “A SIZZLING new sci-fi adventure series, Thunderstone, is on Disney Channel.”
thundering
thunderstorm
  1. A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A thunderstorm hit us with no warning, and we lay soaked, silent, and shivering with cold as the lightning and thunder crashed around us.”
      “If there is a thunderstorm in Chicago, all the flights in New York are held up.”
      “After our plan to snorkel Wednesday was cruelly dashed by a huge thunderstorm, today we finally made it snorkeling.”
thunderhead
  1. The top portion of a cumulonimbus cloud, which tends to be flattened or fibery in appearance, and may be indicative of thunderstorm activity.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As air rises in a large cumulonimbus or thunderhead cloud condensation occurs and all three forms of water are present.”
      “That look inspired the same feelings as a thunderhead on the horizon-fear and anticipation.”
      “The pavement was moist and the thunderhead rolling from the west gave grave countenance to the growing storm.”
thunderclap
  1. A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to reverberating rumble
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The thunderclap of the glass shattering made everyone in the room jump.”
      “The news of their sudden breakup hit her like a thunderclap, leaving her in a state of shock and disbelief.”
      “And like the sound of a thunderclap in the distance on a hot summer day, the storm clouds are already visible.”
thundershock
  1. A sudden burst of thunder, a thunderclap; any similarly loud and sudden noise; a sudden, severe shock.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Reading about the life of St. Francis of Assisi had sent a thundershock to Julia's psyche.”
      “Every time a home is destroyed, the whole nation suffers a severe thundershock.”
thunderousness
  1. The state or condition of being thunderous; booming loudness.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The sound, particularly in the battle scenes, is awesome in its stupefying thunderousness.”
      “No mad scientist film ever seemed to operate on such a direct and conscious level of Old Testament thunderousness.”
      “With great thunderousness, there was silence in the extreme South East of Europe as Turkish and Russian forces failed to clash.”
thundershower
  1. A thunderstorm of brief duration, accompanied by rain.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Sunday evening's thundershower whipped up hopes that the rains may be back.”
      “However welcome a few good showers might be, there is no doubt that getting drenched in a thundershower, is not a pleasurable experience.”
      “It was a hot and sultry day, but towards evening there was a hint of a thundershower bringing some relief from the enervating heat.”
thundersnow
  1. A thunderstorm accompanied by snow, rather than rain or hail.
thundercrack
thunderboomer
  1. (informal) A large or dramatic thunderstorm.
thundersquall
  1. A squall accompanied by thunder.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Besides Delhi, thundersquall and hailstorm are also expected over parts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Friday.”
thunderburst
  1. A burst of thunder.
thunderpeal
  1. A peal of thunder.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She looked round and appeared to answer, but her words were inaudible in the thunderpeal that accompanied them.”
thunderblast
  1. A blast or peal of thunder.
thunderstroke
  1. thunderbolt
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Be that as it may, hearing of her marriage, several years afterward, was as a thunderstroke.”
      “As for doctrine, Arminianism and Vorstianism were to be blasted with one thunderstroke from the British throne.”
      “Only when every evasion has been exhausted comes the thunderstroke which reverses the whole situation.”
thunderer
  1. One who thunders
  2. Examples:
    1. “The incarnation is about how God moved from impartiality to partiality, from distant thunderer to compassionate companion.”
      “You and your thunderer can feel free to pick up some of the load of defending the public from the Hollywood cartel.”
      “He also was the god of the atmosphere, the thunderer, the wielder of lightning.”
thunderboomers
  1. plural of thunderboomer
thundershowers
  1. plural of thundershower
  2. Examples:
    1. “There is the chance that next week or next month, there will be another burst or two of more widespread thundershowers.”
      “East London residents should prepare for more rain with thundershowers this afternoon but the rain is expected to lessen tomorrow.”
      “The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.”
thundersqualls
  1. plural of thundersquall
thunderstrokes
thunderblasts
  1. plural of thunderblast
thunderbursts
  1. plural of thunderburst
thunderstones
  1. plural of thunderstone
thunderstorms
  1. plural of thunderstorm
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There was a 70 percent chance of rain today, with a slight let-up on Saturday morning, but thunderstorms were expected later.”
      “The most significant features of the wet season are thunderstorms, tropical cyclones and rain depressions.”
      “A little chanting, a little stretching and a little meditation later, I was home safe and sound before the thunderstorms came.”
thundercracks
thundershocks
  1. plural of thundershock
thunderclaps
  1. plural of thunderclap
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They simply graze on, their ears filled with thunderclaps and their coats filling with raindrops.”
      “You only get a few thunderclaps with each storm but, when you are on a 6th floor in a basically 3 story town, you really feel them.”
      “It was a very tedious business, and they amused themselves by counting the seconds between the thunderclaps and the flashes of lighting.”
thundersnows
  1. plural of thundersnow
thunderbolts
  1. plural of thunderbolt
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But we'd rather have honest mortals looking after us than deities who never take responsibility for their thunderbolts.”
      “In the latter, a monstrous giant steals Zeus's thunderbolts, which are retrieved in a manner similar to Thor's thunderweapons.”
      “Thousands flocked to the Minster and Clifford's Tower, assuming the colourful thunderbolts would be visible above the city landmarks.”
thunderheads
  1. plural of thunderhead
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “While it poured from great, dark thunderheads, long patches of blue sky could still be seen.”
      “A light rain sprinkled from dark thunderheads above but no one even noticed the mist.”
      “But Ben recognized the thunderheads, the big cumulus clouds, that were drifting our way.”
thunderpeals
  1. plural of thunderpeal
thunderings
thunderers
  1. plural of thunderer
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