What does the cryptic crossword clue "Starting to tremble hard beneath very loud bellow (7)" mean?

The definition is "bellow". The wordplay uses a charade (building blocks). T (first_letter="tremble") + H (abbreviation="hard") + UNDER (synonym="beneath") = THUNDER; definition: "bellow" The answer is THUNDER.

Starting to tremble hard beneath very loud bellow (7)

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