Thunderbolt
noun
A flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder.
We saw a mighty thunderbolt fall from the sky during the storm.
Often appears as...
- strike like a thunderbolt
- thunderbolt from the blue
noun
An unexpected and very impressive or startling event.
The news of his resignation hit us like a thunderbolt.
Often appears as...
- hit like a thunderbolt
- sudden as a thunderbolt
Usage tips
Surprising
Idiomatic
noun
A type of fast data port in computers and electronic devices, usually marked with a lightning bolt symbol.
The new laptop comes equipped with a Thunderbolt port for faster data transfer.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder.
We saw a mighty thunderbolt fall from the sky during the storm.
Often appears as...
- strike like a thunderbolt
- thunderbolt from the blue
noun
An unexpected and very impressive or startling event.
The news of his resignation hit us like a thunderbolt.
Often appears as...
- hit like a thunderbolt
- sudden as a thunderbolt
Usage tips
Surprising
Idiomatic
noun
A type of fast data port in computers and electronic devices, usually marked with a lightning bolt symbol.
The new laptop comes equipped with a Thunderbolt port for faster data transfer.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'thunderbolt' to describe scenes with strong visual and auditory impact, often in storytelling.
The battle commenced with thunderbolts tearing the darkened sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
'Thunderbolt' can add drama to a narrative, emphasizing the intensity of an event.
A single thunderbolt marked the climax of the raging tempest.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Phenomenon
Remember, a 'thunderbolt' is the combination of lightning and thunder, experienced together.
The thunderbolt struck so close, it shook the windows.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'thunderbolt' to describe scenes with strong visual and auditory impact, often in storytelling.
The battle commenced with thunderbolts tearing the darkened sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
'Thunderbolt' can add drama to a narrative, emphasizing the intensity of an event.
A single thunderbolt marked the climax of the raging tempest.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Phenomenon
Remember, a 'thunderbolt' is the combination of lightning and thunder, experienced together.
The thunderbolt struck so close, it shook the windows.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'thunderbolt' to describe scenes with strong visual and auditory impact, often in storytelling.
The battle commenced with thunderbolts tearing the darkened sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Effect
'Thunderbolt' can add drama to a narrative, emphasizing the intensity of an event.
A single thunderbolt marked the climax of the raging tempest.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Phenomenon
Remember, a 'thunderbolt' is the combination of lightning and thunder, experienced together.
The thunderbolt struck so close, it shook the windows.
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Yuval Noah Harari...
one criticism i've occasionally heard of your work is that there's like there's a sort of breathtaking uh power in sort of connecting you know the fiction of human rights with the fiction of believing in the god gugu who is hidden behind that rock and he was going to throw thunderbolts at
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The myth of Arachne -...
She wove tremendous scenes that showed the power of the Poseidon riding the waves, Zeus firing thunderbolts, and Apollo hurtling across the sky. In Athena’s splendid tapestry, the glory of the gods dwarfed mortal life.
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Yuval Noah Harari...
one criticism i've occasionally heard of your work is that there's like there's a sort of breathtaking uh power in sort of connecting you know the fiction of human rights with the fiction of believing in the god gugu who is hidden behind that rock and he was going to throw thunderbolts at
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The myth of Arachne -...
She wove tremendous scenes that showed the power of the Poseidon riding the waves, Zeus firing thunderbolts, and Apollo hurtling across the sky. In Athena’s splendid tapestry, the glory of the gods dwarfed mortal life.
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Jamie Muir
English Artist
The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close the curtains on because if anybody saw you, God would strike you down with a thunderbolt. But I took to it like a duck to water.
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David Alan Basche
American Actor
The first moment I saw my wife breastfeed our daughter minutes after birth, I was hit with a thunderbolt of understanding and awe for the miracle of it all, and I still feel that way.
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Carol Thatcher
I remember the moment it first hit me that my mother's memory was no longer the extraordinary phenomenon it had been all my life. The realisation came as a thunderbolt.
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Voltaire
French Writer
It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
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Jamie Muir
English Artist
The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close the curtains on because if anybody saw you, God would strike you down with a thunderbolt. But I took to it like a duck to water.
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David Alan Basche
American Actor
The first moment I saw my wife breastfeed our daughter minutes after birth, I was hit with a thunderbolt of understanding and awe for the miracle of it all, and I still feel that way.
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Carol Thatcher
I remember the moment it first hit me that my mother's memory was no longer the extraordinary phenomenon it had been all my life. The realisation came as a thunderbolt.
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Voltaire
French Writer
It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
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