Sekirov Dictionary

thunderbolt

/ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/

noun 7
verb 2
forms 3

noun7

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A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
- Our quiuering Lances shaking in the aire, / And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery smoldering mistes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […] — 1587
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(figurative) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
- News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.
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A very powerful shot.
- Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton. — 2011
Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
A daring or irresistible hero.
A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
A belemnite, or thunderstone.

verb2

(rare) To strike with a thunderbolt.
(rare) To move swiftly and violently.

forms

thunderbolted · thunderbolting · thunderbolts

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