A terrific roar so agitated the atmosphere that the sturdy baobab tree shook from top to bottom and remnants of the unscraped decayed wood poured upon their heads.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
When it falls suddenly, as here indicated, before a storm, it means that a storm of short duration but of terrific violence is coming.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
We maintained a terrific struggle to keep from being washed into the sea.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook