thundered

Verb

thunder (third-person singular simple present thunders, present participle thundering, simple past and past participle thundered)

1. (impersonal) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
   • It thundered continuously.
2. (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.
   • The train thundered along the tracks.
3. (ergative) To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
   • Senseless years thunder by / Millions are willing to give their lives for you / Does nothing live on?1983, “Forbidden Colours”, in David Sylvian (lyrics), Ryuichi Sakamoto (music), Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, performed by David Sylvian
4. (intransitive, transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
   • "Get back to work at once!", he thundered.
5. To produce something with incredible power.
   • Just as it appeared Arsenal had taken the sting out of the tie, Johnson produced a moment of outrageous quality, thundering a bullet of a left foot shot out of the blue and into the top left-hand corner of Wojciech Szczesny's net with the Pole grasping at thin air.2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2011

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