Thunderbolt synonyms

thŭn'dər-bōlt'

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explosion
The definition of an explosion is a loud outburst or blast, or a sudden increase.
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clap of thunder
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crash
A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.
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flash
A device, such as a flashbulb, flashgun, or flash lamp, used to produce such illumination.
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peal
A loud burst of noise:
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boom
A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
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roll
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (especially in the phrase on a roll).
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crack
(--- Informal) The fissure between the buttocks.
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flash of lightning
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thunderpeal
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thunderclap
Something that is startling, shocking, or unexpected.
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thunderstroke
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lightning (related)
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
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bombshell
Any shocking surprise
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bolt
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
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bolt-of-lightning
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
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cannon-shot (related)
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p-47 (related)
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Find another word for thunderbolt. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for thunderbolt, like: explosion, clap of thunder, crash, flash, peal, boom, roll, crack, flash of lightning, thunderpeal and thunderclap.
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Thunderbolt Sentence Examples

  • They were slain by Apollo for having forged the thunderbolt with which Zeus slew Asclepius.

  • He is pictured on monuments and seal cylinders with the lightning and the thunderbolt, and in the hymns the sombre aspects of the god on the whole predominate.

  • The diplomacy of Hastings won over the nizam and the Mahratta raja of Nagpur, but the army of Hyder Ali fell like a thunderbolt upon the British possessions in the Carnatic. A strong detachment under Colonel Baillie was cut to pieces at Perambakam, and the Mysore cavalry ravaged the country unchecked up to the walls of Madras.

  • The assault on Thebes was disastrous for the Seven; and Amphiaraus, pursued by Periclymenus, would have been slain with his spear, had not Zeus with a thunderbolt opened a chasm into which the seer, with his chariot, horses and charioteer, disappeared.

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