thunder
noun
a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
thunderless
-
a word derived from
thunder.
Example Sentences
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The occurrence was recorded by the National Bureau of Standards as a bolt of thunderless lightning.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a land of thunderless lightning—lightning from a clear sky, flashing here and there without warning or excuse.
From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy
They were like a dumb Apollo, a thunderless Jupiter.
From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by George Willis Cooke
