thundercloud
Americannoun
noun
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a towering electrically charged cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms
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anything that is threatening
Etymology
Origin of thundercloud
Example Sentences
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LE PORGE, France — A monster fire-induced thundercloud towered over Bordeaux this summer, the first time firefighters had ever seen this type of ominous smoke-and-lightning weather system in France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2023
A thundercloud of media interest has hung over claims of a strained brotherly relationship, now conducted from different sides of the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022
A single unexpected bolt from a rogue thundercloud can be just as deadly to an individual, or as damaging to a property, as hundreds from a complex of storms.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2022
Out here on the water, the planes of his face were rimmed with blue light, as if he were a thundercloud brimming with lightning.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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