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THUNDERSTORM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning

Synonyms:

electric storm; electrical storm; thunderstorm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("thunderstorm" is a kind of...):

storm; violent storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)

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 Context examples: 

We were now outside Thornfield gates, and bowling lightly along the smooth road to Millcote, where the dust was well laid by the thunderstorm, and, where the low hedges and lofty timber trees on each side glistened green and rain-refreshed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Thunderstorms that form during the day are less puzzling than nighttime storms.

(Scientists tackle mystery of thunderstorms that strike at night, NSF)

Thunderstorms that form at night, without a spark from the sun's heat, are a mysterious phenomenon.

(Scientists tackle mystery of thunderstorms that strike at night, NSF)