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
With a few simple directions from Lightfoot, the tape started rolling, band members began playing, and out came a haunting, unrelenting sound that evoked the sensation of a roiling sea, complete with an opening drum fill that struck like a thunderclap.
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Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
That will shift with a thunderclap.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Step off the tube at Tottenham Court Road and the Samsung flagship hits you like an LED thunderclap.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 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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Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
That will shift with a thunderclap.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Step off the tube at Tottenham Court Road and the Samsung flagship hits you like an LED thunderclap.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 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
Noun
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The British band’s sixth album arrives as the three original members of the former quartet are well positioned to re-establish themselves as the elder statesmen of the stomp-clap folk pop that’s recently been revived by younger artists.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
4 Mar. 2026
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Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski also shared a hand-clap emoji, while Katy Perry posted a bullseye emoji.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The acid test of whether California is getting bang for its taxpayers’ buck is the fact that former Californians have voted with their feet in droves.—
Jim Doti,
Oc Register,
8 Mar. 2026
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The bob with bangs A fringe adds extra interest to a blunt bob and wispy bangs are having a real moment right now.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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Atom Power’s technology, which has been field-tested in the EV industry, is now being repackaged to fit the data center boom.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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The generative AI boom has created a flood of low-quality, spammy images and videos online — a type of content that has become particularly concerning on YouTube and YouTube Kids because of the company’s enormous audience of children, toddlers and babies.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Hezbollah fired missiles deep into Israel, setting off air raid sirens in central Israel and its commercial hub Tel Aviv, as interception blasts sounded as far as Jerusalem.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Liege police said that the blast outside the synagogue happened in the early hours of Monday morning.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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No one’s comfortable saying that that pop music should be a bastion of the wealthy, but solutions to that are not free-market solutions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hyunjin, the South Korean rapper, singer and member of the K-pop group Stray Kids, is the newest global brand ambassador for Guess?—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Mar. 2026
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The sensation of ripping through six forward gears with the LT4’s stentorian roar echoing off a canyon wall is one of the best in motoring.—
Kyle Hyatt,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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The next roar came within 200 yards of our boat.—
Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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Hall kept the Fort Worth Panthers in the game with 11 third-quarter points and a thunderous slam to give his team some momentum.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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This is a slam-dunk signing for Las Vegas.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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There have been at least 10 people killed in crashes within city limits so far in 2026.—
Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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The baby, who was not restrained, was thrown from Lopez’ vehicle in the crash, causing serious injury, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Thunderclap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunderclap. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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