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Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See {Thin}, and cf. {Astonish},
{Detonate}, {Intone}, {Thursday}, {Tone}.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]

The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
--Shak.

3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.

The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.

{Thunder pumper}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens}).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.

{Thunder rod}, a lightning rod. [R.]

{Thunder snake}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis am[oe]na}
syn. {Celuta am[oe]na}) native to the Eastern United
States; -- called also {worm snake}.

{Thunder tube}, a fulgurite. See {Fulgurite}.

Thunder \Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thundered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Thundering}.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See {Thunder}, n.]
1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a
discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used
impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.

Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl.
9.

2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some
continuance.

His dreadful voice no more
Would thunder in my ears. --Milton.

3. To utter violent denunciation.

Thunder \Thun"der\, v. t.
To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to
publish, as a threat or denunciation.

Oracles severe
Were daily thundered in our general's ear. --Dryden.

An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an
ecclesiastical censure. --Ayliffe.

They said the house shook and there was a sound like thunder. "We thought it was an earthquake," they told authorities.
There was a sudden blue flash, a clap of thunder, and a hazy figure appeared.
Historically, there is no louder uproar among politicians and press than the thunder evoked by the suggestion that foreigners, especially the backward Soviets, had outwitted Uncle Sam.
His Russian TV has already stolen some of its official rival's thunder.
The picture is a strange and beautiful hybrid of historical saga and psychological drama, with plenty of opulent pageantry but little thunder.
The thunder of shellfire rolled over the city all day and into the night.
Dirksen was "full of fun and thunder," said Dirksen biographer Neil McNeil.
"At a political and rhetorical level, it steals a lot of the Democrats' thunder and lays the groundwork for the 1992 election.
Reporters who visited Massawa in late April could hear the thunder of artillery and tank barrages day and night at the front 40 miles away.
"It's really stolen their thunder," reports Wilfred Wong of Ashbury Market.
The Republicans won Lady Liberty's hand for the traditional Labor Day kickoff of their presidential campaign, but the Democrats will try to steal their thunder with a visit to neighboring Ellis Island two days earlier.
"It was like a slow rumbling, it got louder and louder like thunder," she said.
"It has nothing to do with thunder," was his taunting reply. "Mr.
Mr. Dukakis had no intention of bringing any thunder to Atlanta," Jackson said Thursday.
Storms brought thunder and rain also to the central high Plains region early today.
Having breakfast with the "god of thunder" may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's just what John Fitzpatrick wanted.
But to people with sensitive noses, such as Preti, 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid is the odor equivalent of a lightning bolt striking 20 feet away, followed immediately by thunder.
Battles between rival Shiite Moslem militias burst out of the southern slums Friday, filling neighborhoods that had been quiet for two years with the thunder of cannon and rocket fire.
More advanced students thunder past, doing Tarzan yells.
Now Republicans have tried to steal some of the opposition's thunder by nominating a black as their candidate for the Senate.
Outside, the thunder splits the heavens, as the tormented lovers stare deep into each other's eyes.
The researchers compared the thunder reports of weather observers with the lightning records from sensors used by the federal Bureau of Land Management in Western states and by electrical utilities along the Eastern seaboard.
In Minnesota, the company's thunder was stolen, industry officials say, primarily because of a scandal involving Northwestern Bell's relations with two former regulators.
James Levine, the conductor, is only in his element as a Verdian when he can set the thunder and lightning ringing around the ears and the performance is vague about what it wants to say until the big moments, where he lets himself go.
The air fills with thunder.
Your witness, your ministry, is terribly needed at this date in time." That evoked a thunder of cheers from the nearly 1,500 youths.
Metallica performed "One" amid all the specal effects, thunder and fire of a concert appearance.
George Ahlfield said heard the loud crack of thunder, but wasn't prepared for the grisly scene Monday morning.
If motor racing is cruel and unforgiving, it is also a serious ritual filled with thunder and grace.
People on shore reported hearing the explosion and thinking it was thunder.

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