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Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt Meaning & Definition
Thunderbolt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Thunderbolt?

[n] a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
[n] a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

Synonyms | Synonyms for Thunderbolt: bolt | bolt of lightning | bombshell | thunderclap

Related Terms | Find terms related to Thunderbolt:

See Also | lightning | surprise

Thunderbolt In Webster's Dictionary

\Thun"der*bolt`\, n. 1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth. 2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness. The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war. --Dryden. 3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination. He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication. --Hakewill. 4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone. {Thunderbolt beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a long-horned beetle ({Arhopalus fulminans}) whose larva bores in the trunk of oak and chestnut trees. It is brownish and bluish-black, with W-shaped whitish or silvery markings on the elytra.

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