Thunderbolt
Definitions
- A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
- a computer interface standard for connecting devices, combining PCI Express, DisplayPort and DC power in one connector.
- An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
- Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
- A very powerful shot.
- A belemnite, or thunderstone.
- 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.
Equivalents
Españolrayo
Françaiscoup de tonnerre
Examples
“Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, / And bullets like⟳ Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]”
“And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like⟳ the falling of thunderbolts [...] and the runes in Alveric’s far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark of the wood, amongst branches severed from disenchanted trees, with a blow⟳ like⟳ that of a thunderbolt riving an oak-tree, Alveric slew him.”
“He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double⟳ purchase⟳ and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like⟳ a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put⟳ to the test⟳ the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."”
“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.”
“a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations”
“Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win⟳ over Bolton.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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