thunderboltnoun
uk/ˈθʌn.də.bəʊlt/us/ˈθʌn.dɚ.boʊlt/thunderbolt noun (THUNDER)
[ C ] a flash of lightning and the sound of thunder together
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Precipitation: stormy weather
- blow
- blow up
- bolt
- cyclone
- funnel cloud
- gale-force
- hailstorm
- hurricane
- ice storm
- lightning
- rainstorm
- sheet lightning
- snowstorm
- squall
- stormy
- tempest
- thunder
- thundery
- twister
- typhoon
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thunderbolt noun (SURPRISE/SHOCK)
[ S ] an announcement, event, or idea that is completely unexpected or shocking:
The news of the layoffs was a thunderbolt that left us all reeling.
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Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonish
- bolt
- breath
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- overtake
- revelation
- spring sth on sb
- staggering
- startle
- startling
- sting
- stunning
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