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verb

Definition of rumblenext
as in to growl
to make a low heavy rolling sound when thunder rumbled in the distant sky, we wisely began packing up our picnic

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noun

as in rumbling

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“Rumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rumble. Accessed 30 Jan. 2023.

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