Synonyms:
thunderstorm, electrical_storm, electric_storm
Meaning: a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
Usage examples
A thunderstorm seemed a trifle in comparison with what had already happened.
In point of fact, a thunderstorm did peal forth, but it was the thunder of applause, or cries, and of uproar which made the very hall tremble.
But after the Major's display her best efforts at vocal violence missed their full effect; it was as though one had come straight out from a Wagner opera into a rather tame thunderstorm.
At these words a murmur of amazement escaped from a thousand panting chests; then succeeded a moment of perfect silence, resembling that profound stillness which precedes the bursting of a thunderstorm.