Also means
to rage, to fulminate
Usage Note
Tonner is an impersonal verb in its literal meteorological sense: il tonne ('it is thundering'). Figuratively it means to thunder or rant at someone, often used with contre — tonner contre l'injustice ('to thunder against injustice'). The noun tonnerre ('thunder') shares the same root and appears in the exclamation tonnerre de Brest!
Examples
"Il commence à tonner au loin."
Natural Translation
It is starting to thunder in the distance.
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