thunders
Storms speak loudly
Thunders is the verb form of thunder—the rumbling sound that follows lightning.
Sky thunders, cannons thunder, crowds thunder their approval.
Anything loud and forceful can thunder: The senator thundered against the bill.
As a noun, thunders are multiple instances of that sound: distant thunders rolled across the valley.
Severe atmospheric disturbance
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- rumbleLow rolling sound
- boomLoud deep sound
- clapStrike palms together
roar · crack · roll · clouds · rain · downpour · tempest · sky
Low rolling sound
- boomLoud deep sound
- roarLoud, deep animal cry
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
crash · percussion · deep · loud · deafening · echo · growl · noise
Frenzied mass flight
- herdGrazing animals together
- hoovesUngulate foot coverings
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- chargeCost or accusation
rumble · pound · rush · cavalry · horde · buffalo · horses · approach
storm
Severe atmospheric disturbance
clap · roar · crack · roll · clouds · rain · downpour · tempest · sky · flash
rumble
Low rolling sound
- boomLoud deep sound
- roarLoud, deep animal cry
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
resonance · crash · percussion · deep · loud · deafening · echo · growl · noise · volume
stampede
Frenzied mass flight
charge · rumble · pound · rush · cavalry · horde · buffalo · horses · approach · advance
bellows
Handheld device forcing air
declaims · denounces · proclaims · rails · fulminate · harangue · tirade · outburst · sermon · preacher
hit
Successful contact or strike
smash · blast · power · goal · homerun · spike · slam · serve · drive · cannon
thunderscalm
Free from agitation
stillness · clear skies · tranquility · fair weather · gentle breeze
- thunder and lightningStorm's sound and light
- clap of thunderSudden loud atmospheric sound
- rolling thunderProlonged atmospheric reverberation
- steal someone's thunderClaim credit for another's work
- thunder godDeity of storms
- severe thunderstormIntense storm with lightning
thunder, thundering, thunderstorm, thunderbolt, thunderous, thundered, thunderstorms, thundery, thunderously