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Meanings of thunderstorm in English

Portuguese
tempestade
Catalan
tronada

A storm caused by strong rising air currents and characterized by thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain or hail.

tempestade
Usage of thunderstorm in English
1
Watches: Severe thunderstorm expected in places over the central parts of Limpopo.
The South African
2
He had called Fran today just after the first thunderstorm had begun.
The stand
3
There still is a risk of thunderstorm activity, especially in the afternoon.
Independent.ie
4
The night grew wild and stormy; a thunderstorm broke over the hill.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
5
It was a night in June, the night of the great thunderstorm.
Lewis Rand
6
Much of the region remains under flash flood, tornado and thunderstorm warnings.
The Irish Times
7
A thunderstorm drove him to hide in the cellar and to tears.
The Age of the Reformation
8
It was found in a manure heap, in Sussex, after a thunderstorm.
The Book of the Damned
9
Outside a thunderstorm was raging; inside a storm of yells and roars.
A History of the Moravian Church
10
There was a thunderstorm over Schmaltzberg, but that was ever the case.
Raising Steam
11
During the night had a heavy thunderstorm and shower from the south-east.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
12
At the same instant the thunderstorm that had been gathering broke loose.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866
13
There had been a violent thunderstorm the day she was reported missing.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
14
A slow-moving, extremely localised thunderstorm has battered west Auckland with thick hail.
Radio NZ
15
But Thursday was the evening on which we had that terrible thunderstorm.
The Blotting Book
16
Just before fording the Keiskamma River we encountered a most terrible thunderstorm.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
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Translations for thunderstorm
Catalan
tronada
Thunderstorm through the time
Thunderstorm across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common