Thunderbolt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thunderbolt is a noun meaning A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
Meaning
A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
More Meanings
- (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
- Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
- (soccer) A very powerful shot.
- (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
- (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
- A daring or irresistible hero.
- (transitive, rare) To strike with a thunderbolt.
Example Sentences
a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations
the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war
News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.
A greater wreck, a deeper fall, / A shock to one—a thunderbolt to all.
Word Forms
- thunderbolts
- thunderbolting
- thunderbolted
Synonyms for thunderbolt
Depending on context, synonyms include bolt, bombshell, thunderclap.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thunderclap, bombshell, bolt, thunder, lightning, flash.
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