thun|der|bolt

thun|der|bolt
thun|der|bolt «THUHN duhr BOHLT», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a flash of lightning and the thunder that follows it.
2. Figurative. something sudden, startling, and terrible: »

The news of his death came as a thunderbolt.

3. Figurative. a person with great energy and drive.
4. a bolt or dart formerly believed to destroy when lightning strikes anything.
5. a fossil or stone formerly thought to have fallen from heaven with the lightning.
–v.t.
to strike with a thunderbolt: »

Figurative. It will not be long before he is thunderbolted to the quick by the physical similarities between East Anglia and China (Punch).

 SYNONYM(S): startle, terrify.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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