About The Word Thunderbolt
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Thunderbolt
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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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