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thunder

Definitions

verb

  1. move fast, noisily, and heavily
  2. utter words loudly and forcefully
  3. be the case that thunder is being heard
  4. to make or produce a loud noise

noun

  1. a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
  2. street names for heroin
  3. a deep prolonged loud noise

Examples

This ought to have been fine - if Phaethon had not been like a rock-star's child with a new red Ferrari, scorching off the track, shrivelling crops, turning forest to desert, doubtless melting ice-caps if the Greeks had known about ice-caps, and only stopping when Zeus called a halt with a well-aimed world-saving thunderbolt.

The Chorus also recalls how Bacchus' mother, a mortal woman, was killed after she was tragically struck by Zeus' thunderbolt.

The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.

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Set

Definitions

noun

  1. evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

Examples

WorldCom promises not to impose a minimum call charge and no set up or monthly rental fee.

He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.

The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.

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