That high pressure caused the expansion joint to rupture in a thunderous blast.

The attacks sent columns of smoke into the sky and thunderous blasts echoing through the valley below.

The first thunderous blast came at 3:40 p.m. today, quickly followed by a second.

A second, much larger, thunderous blast entirely different from the first shook the deck under his feet.

A thunderous blast split the air and the clay bird disintegrated into black dust.

As he spoke, thunderous blasts of Russian artillery rippled through the hospital tents.

She closed her eyes tight, crying out with fright at the thunderous blast behind her that shook the floor.

A series of thunderous concussive blasts shook the hall.

An instant later a thunderous blast rocked the ground.

Hard on the clicks came thunderous blasts that re-echoed through the hallway.