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thunderpeal

American  
[thuhn-der-peel] / ˈθʌn dərˌpil /

noun

  1. a crash of thunder; thunderclap.


Etymology

Origin of thunderpeal

First recorded in 1795–1805; thunder + peal

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What could it mean, that low, deep, long-continued thunderpeal?

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon

It grew warm rapidly; clouds overspread the sky; a thunderpeal rumbled suddenly.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

A red flash darted into their midst, and loud rolled the thunderpeal immediately overhead.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

Then a flash and a loud thunderpeal made her start, and her face blanched, and she hid it in the ample cloak, and cowered down in mortal dread.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

A loud thunderpeal caused the mountains to tremble.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse

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