He heard what sounded like a furious thunderclap and a staccato of snapping trees.
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Then there was another thunderclap, and the lights and all the power went out.
From the couriermail.com.au
One projectile travels up to 1,200 feet before exploding like a thunderclap.
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Apparently, firing a popgun requires a lot more rhetoric than loosing a thunderclap.
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The next, the earth trembles as a thunderclap unleashes a mighty shock wave.
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Tintoretto's work is a thunderclap of a painting by an experimental genius.
From the guardian.co.uk
Just 300 yards away there was only a low boom, like a faraway thunderclap.
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Then, in a thunderclap of ayes, Udall's resolution was shouted through by voice vote.
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He started out red hot, with two thunderclap home runs on Opening Day.
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A single sharp crash of thunder
Bombshell: a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
Thunderclap (Stanley George Johnson) is a fictional superhero created by Marvel UK a division of Marvel Comics. Thunderclap first appeared in Spider-Man Weekly #607 (October 1984), and was created by Mike Collins and Barry Kitson.
Operational code name for the Allied bombing of Dresden - February 1945
(Accel Arm): His right arm grows in size and is slammed into the ground to send shockwaves of energy through the ground.