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n. - A storm resulting from strong rising air currents.

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  • We might stay in the siding until the thunderstorm is over; but it may keep on raining all night and anyway it will be pitch dark.
  • I would as soon call a thunderstorm insignificant.
  • A thunderstorm is the proverbial wet blanket if couched in terms of greenhouse theory.
  • A TS should not be confused with the ordinary thunderstorm, which is smaller in scale and lasts for only a few hours.
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