THUNDERBOLT
\θˈʌndəbˌə͡ʊlt], \θˈʌndəbˌəʊlt], \θ_ˈʌ_n_d_ə_b_ˌəʊ_l_t]\
Definitions of THUNDERBOLT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.
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Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
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A belemnite, or thunderstone.
By Oddity Software
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Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.
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Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
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A belemnite, or thunderstone.
By Noah Webster.
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A shaft of lightning and the thunder accompanying the discharge; something resembling lightning and thunder in suddenness and terror.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A shaft of lightning: a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, and particularly from the clouds to the earth; the name originated in the ancient notion that the destructive effects of lightning could be caused only by a shaft or bolt-like hard body being hurled at the object destroyed: (fig.) a daring or irresistible hero ; a dreadful threat, denunciation, censure, or the like, proceeding from some high authority; fulmination ; "He severely threateus such with the thunderbolt of excommunication."-Hakewill.
By Daniel Lyons
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