Thundered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thunder \Thun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Thundered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Thundering}.] [AS. [thorn]unrian. See {Thunder}, n.]
     1. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a
        discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used
        impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
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              Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl.
                                                    9.
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     2. Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some
        continuance.
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              His dreadful voice no more
              Would thunder in my ears.             --Milton.
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     3. To utter violent denunciation.
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