Thunderstorm
['θʌndəstɔːm] or ['θʌndɚstɔrm]
Definition
(noun.) a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning.
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Definition
(n.) A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.
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Examples
- In the afternoon, a thunderstorm came up, and had but newly broken into a furious sweep of rain when he rushed in at the door, like the storm itself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Every winder in church rattled as if 'twere a thunderstorm. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Pickwick was perfectly aware that a tree is a very dangerous neighbour in a thunderstorm. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Thank you, said Wildeve, with dry resentment, his face as gloomy as a thunderstorm. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Thunderstorms are at their worst in the summer in temperate latitudes, but they occur to some extent all the year round, and those in the tropics are of extreme violence. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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