Regarded as the destructive agent producing the effects usually attributed to the lightning; (with a and plural) a thunderstroke or…
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| 释义 | the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > thunder or lightning as a destructive agency (10) thunderc893 Regarded as the destructive agent producing the effects usually attributed to the lightning; (with a and plural) a thunderstroke or… thunder-dintc1374 a thunder-stroke. thunder-flonec1380 a thunderbolt or thunderstroke; lightning. thunder-blasta1400 A peal or clap of thunder. thunderboltc1440 A supposed bolt or dart formerly believed to be the destructive agent in a lightning-flash when it ‘strikes’ anything; a flash of lightning… thunder-stone1598 = thunderbolt, n. 1. archaic. thunder-clap1610 figurative. A sudden startling or terrifying occurrence, act, utterance, or piece of news. (Cf. thunderbolt, n. 2.) thunderstrokea1616 A stroke of ‘thunder’ (cf. thunder, n. 1b); the impact of a lightning-flash. trisulc1637 A thunderbolt. thunder-ball1820 (a) the electric phenomenon called a fire-ball or globe-lightning; (b) poetic a thunderbolt; (c) the common red poppy (Papaver rhœas) (dialect). |
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