Definitions
a shocking surprise
Word origin
From thunder + bolt.
Used in a sentence
“Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, / And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]”
“News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.”
“the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Lightning strike”11 letters
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