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thunder verb.
[Old English Tunrian, from THUNDER noun.]
verb intrans.
a. impers. in it thunders, it is thundering, etc., thunder sounds, there is thunder. OE.
Conan Doyle One day it thundered..out of a cloudless sky.
b. Of a god, heaven, the sky, etc.: cause or emit thunder; sound with thunder. Now poet. & literary. OE.
Southey Earth shook, Heaven thunder'd.
fig.
a. verb intrans. Make vehement threats; utter censure or denunciation; inveigh powerfully against. Also, speak forcibly or with powerful eloquence; speak loudly, vociferate. ME.
S. Chitty A loud and leathery Lesbian..who thundered continuously against the..male. EuroBusiness The Kremlin..stopped thundering about the..Community being a thinly-veiled arm of the US military.
b. verb trans. Utter or communicate (threats, denunciation, approval, etc.) loudly or forcibly; shout out, roar. LME.
V. Glendinning Leo..thundered, 'It's all in chapter four.'
c. verb trans. Make vehement threats against; denounce violently; put down by denunciation. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
transf.
a. verb intrans. Make or proceed with a loud resounding noise like thunder; rumble; roar by or along. LME.
E. Bowen The river..thundered towards the mill-race. E. Waugh Two lorries thundered past him.
b. verb trans. Inflict (blows) noisily or forcibly; give out (a sound) powerfully; attack or overwhelm (a person, a place, etc.) with an overpowering noise or with action like a thunderbolt. M16.
W. Wilkie Learn to dread My vengeance thund'red on your wretched head.