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thunderbolt

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thun·der·bolt  (thndr-blt)
n.
1. A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
2. A flash of lightning conceived as a bolt or dart hurled from the heavens.
3.
a. One that acts with sudden and destructive fury.
b. A startling, forceful action: "Every political campaign manager saves a thunderbolt for the last week before Election Day" (Art Buchwald).
thunderbolt [ˈθʌndəˌbəʊlt]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a flash of lightning accompanying thunder
2. the imagined agency of destruction produced by a flash of lightning
3. (Myth & Legend / Norse Myth & Legend) (in mythology) the destructive weapon wielded by several gods, esp the Greek god Zeus See also Thor
4. something very startling
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.thunderboltthunderbolt - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
bolt, bolt of lightning
lightning - abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
2.thunderbolt - a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
bombshell, thunderclap
surprise - a sudden unexpected event
Translations
thunderbolt [ˈθʌndəbəʊlt] N → rayo m (fig) → rayo m, bomba f
thunderbolt [ˈθʌndərbəʊlt] n → éclair m
thunderbolt [ˈθʌndəˌbəʊlt] n → fulmine m
thunderbolt [ˈθʌndəˌbəʊlt] n → fulmine m


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That very night, the startling news so impatiently awaited, burst like a thunderbolt over the United States of the Union, and thence, darting across the ocean, ran through all the telegraphic wires of the globe.
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And they remembered to be grateful to him for his kindness, and gave him thunder and the glowing thunderbolt and lightening: for before that, huge Earth had hidden these.
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She had even taken a bitter pleasure and found a momentary relief in loosing the thunderbolt which had smitten him down.
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