Meaning of thundershock | Babel Free

Definitions

A sudden burst of thunder, a thunderclap; any similarly loud and sudden noise; a sudden, severe shock.

Examples

“The old Town Clock, / Like a distant thundershock, / Heard and gone, / Striking One!”

“The disappointment of some was almost like a thundershock.”

“Every time a home is destroyed, the whole nation suffers a severe thundershock.”

“The simultaneous presence of fluid motions and abundant particles in the solar nebula make charge separation (and hence lightning discharges and their accompanying thundershocks) a likely but at the present time speculative phenomenon.”

“Reading about the life of St. Francis of Assisi had sent a thundershock to Julia's psyche.”

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