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thunderation

Variant of thunder

noun

  1. the sound that follows a flash of lightning, caused by the sudden heating and expansion of air by electrical discharge
  2. any loud, rumbling sound like this
  3. a threatening, menacing, or extremely vehement utterance
  4. Archaic a thunderbolt

intransitive verb

  1. to produce thunder: usually in the impersonal construction [it is thundering]
  2. to make, or move with, a sound like thunder
  3. to make vehement speeches, denunciations, etc.

transitive verb

  1. to say in a thundering voice
  2. to strike, drive, etc. with the sound or violence of thunder

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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