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- noun military A
pyrotechnic device that generates a loudnoise ; it is used to simulate battlefield conditions
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Examples
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If there was a screaming Muslim mob underneath his bedroom window trying to batter down his front door and he lobbed a thunderflash into the middle of them the chance of innocent suffering would have been exceedingly small.
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If there was a screaming Muslim mob underneath his bedroom window trying to batter down his front door and he lobbed a thunderflash into the middle of them the chance of innocent suffering would have been exceedingly small.
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If there was a screaming Muslim mob underneath his bedroom window trying to batter down his front door and he lobbed a thunderflash into the middle of them the chance of innocent suffering would have been exceedingly small.
'Burnley BNP Bombers' Update Rachel 2007
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The order came amid a tense stand-off between several hundred squatters and police, who late Wednesday night fired rubber bullets after being stoned by residents, and on Thursday morning used a thunderflash on the crowd.
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The order came amid a tense stand-off between several hundred squatters and police, who late Wednesday night fired rubber bullets after being stoned, and on Thursday morning used a thunderflash to keep the invaders at bay.
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I threw a thunderflash firecracker within a few yards of them & all they did was to retreat behind the nearest bush.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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I threw a thunderflash firecracker within a few yards of them & all they did was to retreat behind the nearest bush.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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The Thunderflash Exchange is live now at www. thunderflash.com.
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Every few minutes someone would let off another thunderflash, presumably to check that the blessing was working!!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Today was the Festival of Sant Antoni, the Spanish patron saint of animals and we were woken by the loud bangs of a type of thunderflash around the area.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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