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ˈthunder-storm
A storm of thunder and lightning, usually accompanied with heavy rain.
1652Bp. Hall Invis. World i. vi, A fearful thunder⁓storm arose. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxxi, Along the open glen,..less dangerous than the woods in a thunder-storm. 1839Darwin Voy. Nat. iii. (1852) 62 In the year 1793 one of the most destructive thunder-storms perhaps on record happened at Buenos Ayres. 1865‘L. Carroll’ Alice in Wonderland ix, There stood the Queen..frowning like a thunderstorm.
transf.1877M. Prior in Daily News 1 Oct. 6/3 No troops could..live in such a thunderstorm of leaden hail.
Hence thunder-stormy a.
1930J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel ii. 149 Hot thunderstormy Washington summers. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 197 A fairly restful Easter weekend of mixed, blowy, brilliant, shiny, thunder⁓stormy weather. |