thunder-blastn.
Chiefly poetic.
1. A peal or clap of thunder.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of thunder
thunderc1000
clapc1386
thunder-blasta1400
rout1513
thundering1526
rear1567
rounce robble hobble1582
robble1609
rouncy1616
thunder bounce1629
thunder-peal1804
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > thunder or lightning as a destructive agency
thunderc893
thunder-dintc1374
thunder-flonec1380
thunder-blasta1400
thunderboltc1440
thunder-stone1598
thunder-clap1610
thunderstrokea1616
trisulc1637
thunder-ball1820
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > thunder > thunder-clap
denta1300
dintc1374
thunder-clapc1386
thunder-blasta1400
thunder-crackc1450
clap1509
thundering1526
rear1567
thunder bounce1629
thunder-peal1804
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18075 Þar come a steuen als thoner blast.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 289 Be still, ye thunderblasts and hills of fire!
2. A stroke of ‘thunder’. Also figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [noun] > violent
thunderc1380
fulmination1502
thunderbolt1559
thundering1564
thunder-crack1577
thunder-clap1610
thunder-blast1884
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > vehemency or vehement language
thunderc1380
vehemency1534
thunder-blast1884
strong languagea1910
c1440 Bone Flor. 1643 Hys doghtur schulde be strekyn downe Wyth a thonder blaste.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. sig. C.jv My son, that of the thunderblastes of hye Joue setst but light.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 133 The Pope's last letters..threaten The immediate thunder-blast of interdict.
Derivatives
ˈthunder-ˌblasted adj. blasted with ‘thunder’, struck by lightning.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > damaged > struck by lightning
thundered1600
thunder-blasted1614
thunderstruck1638
thunderstricken1652
1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xvi. §5 God will not haue true faith thunderblasted in the tender blade.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 283 Our thunder-blasted dinner.
a1849 E. A. Poe To One in Paradise 19 The thunder-blasted tree.
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