outthunder

transitive verb

1

: to outdo in thundering

in the storm he must outthunder the thunder

—John Mason Brown

2

: to make more noise than : overpower in sound

the main thought is outthundered by the overtones

—J. P. Bishop

Word History

Etymology

out- + thunder

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