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thunderbolt
(encz) | thunderbolt,blesk n: PetrV |
thunderbolt
(encz) | thunderbolt,hromová rána n: PetrV |
Thunderbolt
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and
effectiveness.
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The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.
--Dryden.
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3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially,
ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
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He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of
excommunication. --Hakewill.
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4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
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Thunderbolt beetle (Zool.), 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.
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thunderbolt
(wn) | thunderbolt
n 1: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [syn:
thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning]
2: a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a
bombshell" [syn: bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap] |
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thunderbolt
(encz) | thunderbolt,blesk n: PetrVthunderbolt,hromová rána n: PetrV |
Thunderbolt beetle
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Something resembling lightning in suddenness and
effectiveness.
[1913 Webster]
The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially,
ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
[1913 Webster]
He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of
excommunication. --Hakewill.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Paleon.) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
[1913 Webster]
Thunderbolt beetle (Zool.), 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.
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thunderbolt
(wn) | thunderbolt
n 1: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [syn:
thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning]
2: a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a
bombshell" [syn: bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap] |
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