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thunderbolt

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  Something  resembling  lightning  in  suddenness  and 
  effectiveness. 
 
  The  Scipios'  worth,  those  thunderbolts  of  war. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  Vehement  threatening  or  censure;  especially, 
  ecclesiastical  denunciation;  fulmination. 
 
  He  severely  threatens  such  with  the  thunderbolt  of 
  excommunication.  --Hakewill. 
 
  4.  (Paleon.)  A  belemnite,  or  thunderstone. 
 
  {Thunderbolt  beetle}  (Zo["o]l.),  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  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)




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