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How to pronounce thunderclap in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bombshell, thunderbolt
Type of surprise
Type Words
Type of thunder

Examples of thunderclap

thunderclap
He heard what sounded like a furious thunderclap and a staccato of snapping trees.
From the newsweek.com
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.
From the cnn.com
Apparently, firing a popgun requires a lot more rhetoric than loosing a thunderclap.
From the time.com
The next, the earth trembles as a thunderclap unleashes a mighty shock wave.
From the time.com
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.
From the time.com
Then, in a thunderclap of ayes, Udall's resolution was shouted through by voice vote.
From the time.com
He started out red hot, with two thunderclap home runs on Opening Day.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • 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.