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Meaning of 'thunderbolt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Thunderbolt [ n.]
- 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.
- Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.
- Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
- A belemnite, or thunderstone.

Meaning of 'thunderbolt' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . thunderbolt [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a shocking surprise
Example in sentence:
  • news of the attack came like a bombshell

Nearby Words:

thud thug thuggee thuggery thuggism thuja thule thulia thulium thumb

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