Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A peal of thunder.
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- noun A blast or peal of
thunder .
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Examples
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The rest was indescribable: riding a meteorite through incandescence, shock, thunderblast, stormwind, night, mountains and caverns of cloud, rain like bullets, crazy tilting and whirling of horribly onrushing horizon, while the noise roared and battered and vibrations shook brains in skulls and devils danced on the instrument panel.
The Rebel Worlds Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1972
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Then on us fell a thunderblast From out the heaven far away,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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Then God sent down on him and on the stubborn unbelievers with him a thunderblast from the heavens of His power, which destroyed them all with a mighty clamour, and neither he nor any of his company set eyes on the city.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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