I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a face like thunder (= a very angry expression )
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The boss had a face like thunder when he arrived this morning.
clap of thunder
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an ear-splitting clap of thunder
distant thunder
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Distant thunder rumbled over the mountains.
peal of thunder
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A loud peal of thunder crashed directly overhead.
roll of thunder
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There was a roll of thunder , and the rain started pelting down.
thunder and lightning
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After a few minutes, the thunder and lightning moved further away.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
distant
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The heavens start grumbling with distant thunder and a gentle flicker of lightning flits behind the clouds.
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The words tumble out, making a sound like the rumble of distant thunder , taking shape, depth, and substance.
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The first distant crash of thunder shook the air, and the rain began to pour down heavily.
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Grant cuts the engine to listen for clues. Distant rolls of thunder belch ominously.
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Accompanied by growls and booms of distant thunder , which rattled the panes, it filled the night.
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The old building creaked occasionally, but apart from that and the occasional rumble of distant thunder , there was silence.
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Only a rumble like distant thunder and a microscopic clink of bricks reached him.
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Rain was threatening and there was a distant roll of thunder .
■ NOUN
clap
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The door slammed behind them like a thunder clap .
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In the distance, another thunder clap rolled, this one more muffled than its predecessors.
■ VERB
hear
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As she neared her home, she heard the thunder of hooves behind her and turning saw the water-horse coming for her.
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For two years she heard nothing at all and then she heard close thunder crawling up the stairs.
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They thought they heard thunder in the distance, but it was, in fact, artillery fire.
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In the distance I can hear the rumble of thunder and see lightning flash from cloud to cloud.
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He heard a dull thunder that was not the blood in his ears.
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He heard the thunder in the distance.
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Every day they heard guns like thunder and saw the lines of reserves marching northward.
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Some already see flashes of lightning just over the horizon and hear the roar of thunder in the distance.
rumble
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Trains rumbled by like thunder , clusters of dark shadows everywhere.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
steal sb's thunder
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Outside my window was the constant thunder of delivery trucks.
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The thunder and lightning seemed to have moved away, but the rain continued to pour.
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There was a thunder clap followed instantly by lightning.
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They could hear thunder rumbling in the distance.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A crash of thunder and lightning follows.
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A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder .
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Despite the ominous thunder of global war, the date on which to observe Thanksgiving was a hot issue.
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In spring, when showers shimmer down and slow-rolling thunder sounds, remember Dineh!
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In the midst of thunder and lightening, Alfredo begs his father to take a sword and kill him.
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Nothing could be heard save the thunder of artillery... and the continuous roar of musketry.
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The sky had darkened and thunder rolled in the west.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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Whatever it was precipitated an avalanche of other objects which thundered down around him as Charles fell sprawling to the ground.
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As the block thundered down , its force propelled the severed head into the basket she carried in front of her on the saddle.
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The Oceanis thundered down the middle of the harbour, the anchor crunching as it picked up several chains on the bottom.
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Ships first began thundering down the yard's slipway into the Mersey in 1828.
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He made Rich a boneshaker which thundered down Caradoc Street.
up
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Friends will call, thundering up and down the stairs.
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But then neither will the violent shock waves that occasionally thunder up the stairwell.
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Shouts, recriminations, threats died away as horse and riders thundered up the hill towards the ploughed land ahead.
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All I could see as I thundered up a woodland track in the Lake District was trees.
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Now, 40 years on there is the prospect that I will once more see an A1 thundering up an incline.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Be quiet!" Miguel thundered.
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Did you hear it thunder just now?
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Fighter jets thundered across the sky.
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The train thundered through the station.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the cannon thundered, the ranks broke, only to be formed again with dogged determination.
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From his pulpit thundered the most extraordinary denunciations of violations and abuses.
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Legions of men, women and children thundered along these lanes, ringing their bells and scattering pedestrians like startled pigeons.
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While the taps were thundering, he poured himself a large whisky and soda, and gulped it.