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thunderation

American  
[thuhn-duh-rey-shuhn] / ˌθʌn dəˈreɪ ʃən /

interjection

  1. an exclamation of surprise or petulance.


Etymology

Origin of thunderation

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; thunder + -ation

Example Sentences

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Other Burke plots have been fanciful, but this one is too big and operatic for anything but a James Bond thunderation.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his new thunderation, the first of four in a reported $30 million to $40 million publishing deal, the author plays with a twist of the old good-twin, bad-twin theme.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then in 1995 McMurtry reached back with a thunderation called Dead Man's Walk to pick up his heroes as daft and randy 19-year-old Rangers on a misbegotten invasion of Mexican territory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not a detective story or a gothic bodice ripper but a 500-page thunderation about missile subs, perhaps, or rocket attacks on space stations.

From Time Magazine Archive

I hoped thunderation wasn’t on a list of forbidden words.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool