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thunderstruck |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck}; p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr & vb n. {Thunderstriking}.] 1. To strike, blast, or injure by or as by lightning. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle. drove before him thunderstruck. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thunderstruck adj : as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seem the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion" [syn: {dumbfounded}, {dumfounded}, {flabbergasted}, {stupefied}]
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