In Gbaya, the notion of the confusion as a result of being pelted with all kinds of objects in 2 Maccabees 4:41 is emphasized with utuk, an ideophone that refers to something bursting, collapsing, or the sudden arrival of a downpour.
Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)
See also like a storm.