as in claps
a loud explosive sound
awakened by the thunderclap of a large branch falling on the roof
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Recent Examples of thunderclaps
And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers.
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Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
Enhanced by Aidan Cole’s thunderclaps, along with music underscoring key monologues, the sound design helps bring everything together.
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Amy Reyes,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
Enhanced by Aidan Cole’s thunderclaps, along with music underscoring key monologues, the sound design helps bring everything together.
—
Amy Reyes,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderclaps
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One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
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There were the polite claps after good attacks by the Swiss, sarcastic whistles by the Qatari fans after their team again failed to mount a threat.
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San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
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Not everyone wants to spend the Fourth dodging booms.
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The long, curly ends she was once revered for were now chopped to her chin, while her bangs mingled over her brows.
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Playfully making a surprised expression at the camera and giving a big thumbs up, the bride-to-be styled her dark blonde hair in a sleek style with her front bangs swept to the side.
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Windows were broken blocks away, just from the concussion of these blasts at Allegheny Arsenal.
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The blasts of noise and oregano at Kafeneion, a restaurant above a wine bar in a building across from the city’s Victorian-era Parliament House, ricocheted my brain to my one trip to Athens a dozen years earlier.
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“Thunderclaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunderclaps. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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