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English

Noun

  1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
  2. Metaphorically, an event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.


Translations

  • Persian: (âzaraxš), (sâeqe)

fa:thunderbolt ko:thunderbolt it:thunderbolt hu:thunderbolt ru:thunderbolt ta:thunderbolt te:thunderbolt vi:thunderbolt

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and
effectiveness.
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The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.
--Dryden.
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3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially,
ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
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He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of
excommunication. --Hakewill.
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4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
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Thunderbolt beetle (Zool.), 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.
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WordNet thunderbolt
n 1: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [syn: bolt,
bolt of lightning]
2: a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a
bombshell" [syn: bombshell, thunderclap]
Moby Dictionary
Jupiter Fulgur , Thor , antelope , arrow , astonishment ,
ball lightning , blockbuster , blow , blue darter , blue streak , bolt ,
bolt of lightning , bomb , bombshell , cannonball , catch ,
chain lightning , courser , dark lightning , dart , eagle , earthshaker ,
electricity , express train , eye-opener , fireball , firebolt , flash ,
flying flame , forked lightning , fulguration , fulmination , gazelle ,
greased lightning , greyhound , hare , jet plane , joker , kicker ,
levin bolt , light , lightning , mercury , oak-cleaving thunderbolts ,
peripeteia , quicksilver , revelation , rocket , scared rabbit ,
sheet lightning , shocker , shot , staggerer , startler , streak ,
streak of lightning , striped snake , stroke of lightning , surprisal ,
surprise , surprise ending , surprise package , surprise party ,
swallow , switch , thought , thunderball , thunderclap , thunderstroke ,
torrent , wind


Thunderbolt, GA (town, FIPS 76364) Location: 32.03408 N, 81.04999 W Population (1990): 2786 (862 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Moby Dictionary 2340
Housing Units (2000): 1096
Land area (2000): 1.273892 sq. miles (3.299364 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.178161 sq. miles (0.461435 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.452053 sq. miles (3.760799 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76364
Located within: Georgia (GA) , FIPS 13
Location: 32.032111 N , 81.051733 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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