brontide
[ bron-tahyd ]
noun
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
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How to use brontide in a sentence
Occasionally an apparent brontide may be due to the explosion of an unseen meteor.
Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh Talman
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