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[ thuhn-der-bohlt ] / ˈθʌn dərˌboʊlt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thunderbolt ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder. an imaginary bolt or dart conceived as the material destructive agent cast to earth in a flash of lightning: the thunderbolts of Jove. something very destructive, terrible, severe, sudden, or startling. a person who acts with fury or with sudden and irresistible force. Origin of thunderboltFirst recorded in 1400–50, thunderbolt is from late Middle English thondre bolte. See thunder, bolt1 Words nearby thunderboltthunbergia, thunder, thunderation, Thunder Bay, thunderbird, thunderbolt, thunderbox, thunderclap, thundercloud, thunder egg, thunderhead Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thunderboltBut as high school came to a close, her father made an announcement that hit Nashwa like a thunderbolt. How One Young Woman Escaped Childhood Abuse and a Forced Marriage|Moral Courage|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. Crushing Christmas: How to Win Every Argument|Kelly Williams Brown|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST It played in the background while God made love to the thunderbolt that birthed Tom Brady. Seven Best Rap Songs About Moms for Mother’s Day (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|May 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST If Saraswati was a god in the eyes of his followers, then the threat of karmic retribution was his thunderbolt. The Fugitive Guru|Ben Crair|June 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And I think the next one, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, was kind of like that too. Jeff Bridges' Crazy Oscar Bid|Caryn James|December 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST These words struck like a thunderbolt upon the poor old man. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China|Evariste Regis Huc Thunderbolt stood on his hind legs and pawed deliberately at the heavens. Boy Woodburn|Alfred Ollivant The Alps have the avalanche, “the thunderbolt of snow,” and the glaciers, those icy Niagaras so beautiful and grand. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2|Various Time after time she came down upon them from a point high in the air, like a thunderbolt, but never seemed to touch them. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers|John Burroughs Just at seven bells, in one moment like a thunderbolt from the sky, a heavy squall struck the ship.
British Dictionary definitions for thunderbolt
nouna flash of lightning accompanying thunder the imagined agency of destruction produced by a flash of lightning (in mythology) the destructive weapon wielded by several gods, esp the Greek god ZeusSee also Thor something very startling Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to thunderboltbump, shock, reversal, punch, setback, bewilderment, consternation, revelation, jolt, miracle, disappointment, curiosity, amazement, awe, wonder, astonishment, roar, rumble, explosion, detonation |