as in clap
a loud explosive sound
awakened by the thunderclap of a large branch falling on the roof
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Recent Examples of thunderclap
Step off the tube at Tottenham Court Road and the Samsung flagship hits you like an LED thunderclap.
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Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Unlike a mountain that can be seen from miles away, the Grand Canyon reveals itself in a shocking visual thunderclap, all at once.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
That’s why Cloudflare’s latest announcement hit like a thunderclap.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Counting seconds between a lightning flash and thunderclap is how anyone can tell how far away a thunderstorm is.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2024
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Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Unlike a mountain that can be seen from miles away, the Grand Canyon reveals itself in a shocking visual thunderclap, all at once.
—Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
That’s why Cloudflare’s latest announcement hit like a thunderclap.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Counting seconds between a lightning flash and thunderclap is how anyone can tell how far away a thunderstorm is.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderclap
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Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg was tasked with layering in claps, stomps and screams.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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Listeners replied with claps and exclamations of eager agreement.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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The queen of maximalist beauty also once again demonstrated her expertise in the makeup and hair space by playing with her copper-red locks, debuting curly bangs and mermaid braids among her soft waves.—
Pamela Vázquez,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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Chopped with face-framing curtain bangs and curled into small (almost Shirley Temple-sized) ringlets, the singer’s hair is clearly a reference to her look from the song’s energetic music video.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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Vestar was born in 1988 during private equity’s first boom, the same year a brash NYC firm known as Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts took down mighty RJR Nabisco for $25 billion ($70 billion in today’s terms), back when deals were called LBOs and dealmakers were known as corporate raiders.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The ones who are buying in are bullish enough to invoke the GLP-1 weight-loss drug boom.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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While that’s less than Monday’s 6,100 cancellations and Sunday’s 11,600—the most since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic—airlines could face further disruptions as another arctic blast looms later this week.—
Jordan Erb,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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Most of them were in the South, where weekend blasts of freezing rain caused tree limbs and power lines to snap, inflicting crippling outages on northern Mississippi and parts of Tennessee.—
Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Cyrus's fiancé, Maxx Morando, who walked the carpet with the pop star, was slightly more casual.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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But the Icelandic jazz-pop hybrid had more on her mind than just celebrating.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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Dent raced up the court, kicked to Perry, who dribbled into a 3-pointer, and turned to the crowd, celebrating with a flex and a roar.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The heavyweight was facing Kingsley Ibeh on Saturday night when Ibeh landed a flurry of shots in the second round that caused a roar from the crowd, despite not looking particularly hard.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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Within eight seconds, Acuff floated an alley-oop pass to Ewin for a slam.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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But, as the fan expressed, the Australian Open is still the happiest slam.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Local media cited poor visibility as a possible cause of the crash, which is being investigated by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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But what’s actually happening mirrors the post dot-com crash era, where independent creators are doubling down and building new and groundbreaking applications.—
Cortney Harding,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Thunderclap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunderclap. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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