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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thunderbolt \Thun"der*bolt'\, noun
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) 2.0 [wn]:
thunderbolt
noun
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "thunderbolt": Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, antelope, arrow, astonishment, ball lightning, blockbuster, blow, blue darter, blue streak, bolt, bolt of lightning, bomb, bombshell, cannonball, catch, chain lightning, courser, dark lightning, dart, eagle, earthshaker, electricity, express train, eye-opener, fireball, firebolt, flash, flying flame, forked lightning, fulguration, fulmination, gazelle, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, jet plane, joker, kicker, levin bolt, light, lightning, mercury, oak-cleaving thunderbolts, peripeteia, quicksilver, revelation, rocket, scared rabbit, sheet lightning, shocker, shot, staggerer, startler, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, stroke of lightning, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, swallow, switch, thought, thunderball, thunderclap, thunderstroke, torrent, wind
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)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Thunderbolt, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 2340 Housing Units (2000): 1096 Land area (2000): 1.273892 sq. miles (3.299364 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.178161 sq. miles (0.461435 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.452053 sq. miles (3.760799 sq. km) FIPS code: 76364 Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13 Location: 32.032111 N, 81.051733 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Thunderbolt, GA Thunderbolt
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