explode vs thunder

explode

verb
  • To make a violent or emotional outburst. 

  • To destroy with an explosion. 

  • To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators. 

  • To decompress (data) that was previously imploded. 

  • To destroy violently or abruptly. 

  • Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll. 

  • To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off. 

  • To ejaculate. 

  • To open all doors and hatches on an automobile. 

  • To create an exploded view of. 

  • To increase suddenly. 

thunder

verb
  • To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice. 

  • To make a noise like thunder. 

  • To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity. 

  • To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise). 

  • To produce something with incredible power. 

noun
  • The spotlight. 

  • An alarming or startling threat or denunciation. 

  • The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt. 

  • A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder. 

How often have the words explode and thunder occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )