What does tonitruate mean?
Tonitruate means (rare, intransitive) To thunder..
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/təˈnɪtɹʊeɪt/ · verb
(rare, intransitive) To thunder..
[…] yet through the caliginous sublimity of internexed conundrums, tonitruating with obstreperous cadencies, you rather obfuscate than illuminate our A-b-c-darian conceptions […]
Stertile thunder tonitruated terribly. ‘Oh Lord forgive us our bloody sins.’ Rain now pelted. It was hard work finding a taxi.
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Tonitruate means (rare, intransitive) To thunder..
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[…] yet through the caliginous sublimity of internexed conundrums, tonitruating with obstreperous cadencies, you rather obfuscate than illuminate our A-b-c-darian conceptions […]
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