Usually means: Loud, thunderous noise or sound.
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  1. tonitruous: Merriam-Webster
  2. tonitruous: Wiktionary
  3. tonitruous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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▸ adjective:  thundering

Similar:
tonitruant, thundering, thunderful, thundersome, fulminatory, thundrous, thunderous, thundery, pounding, tonous, more...

Opposite:
silent, quiet, hushed, noiseless

Types:
clangorous, sonorous, stentorian, stridulous, tumultuous, more...

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Similar:
tonitruant, thundering, thunderful, thundersome, fulminatory, thundrous, thunderous, thundery, pounding, tonous, more...

Opposite:
silent, quiet, hushed, noiseless

Types:
clangorous, sonorous, stentorian, stridulous, tumultuous, more...



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