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thunderbolt
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
THUNDERBOLT
n.[thunder and bolt. ] 1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of the electrical fluid, passing from one part of the heavens to another, and particularly from the clouds to the earth. Psalm 78:48.
2. Figuratively, a daring or irresistible hero; as the Scipios, those thunderbolts of war.
3. Fulmination; ecclesiastical denunciation.
He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication.
4. In mineralogy, thunder-stone.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
THUNDERBOLT
THUNDERBOLT 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.)
Defn: A belemnite, or thunderstone. Thunderbolt beetle (Zoöl.), 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
thunderbolt
thun der bolt |ˈTHəndərˌbōlt ˈθəndərˌboʊlt | ▶noun literary a flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder. • a supposed bolt or shaft believed to be the destructive agent in a lightning flash, esp. as an attribute of a god such as Jupiter or Thor. • used in similes and comparisons to refer to a very sudden or unexpected event or item of news, esp. of an unpleasant nature: the full force of what she had been told hit her like a thunderbolt. • informal a very fast and powerful shot, throw, or stroke.
Oxford Dictionary
thunderbolt
thun ¦der |bolt |ˈθʌndəbəʊlt | ▶noun literary a flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder. • a supposed bolt or shaft believed to be the destructive agent in a lightning flash, especially as an attribute of a god such as Jupiter or Thor. • used to refer to a very sudden or unexpected event or item of news, especially of an unpleasant nature: the full force of what she had been told hit her like a thunderbolt. • informal a very fast and powerful shot, throw, or stroke.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
thunderbolt
thunder bolt /θʌ́ndə r bòʊlt /名詞 C 1 雷電, 雷 〘雷鳴 (thunder )を伴って稲妻 (lightning )が落ちること 〙.2 思いがけない出来事 [知らせ ], 青天の 霹靂 （へきれき ）.3 神のいかずち [制裁 ].4 狂暴にふるまう人, 行動が激しい人 .
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