thunderstrike
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thunderstrike
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From thunder + strike.
verb thunderstrikes · thunderstriking · thunderstruck · thunderstricken
- To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning. […] some terrible bombarder of tearmes, as wilde as wildfire, that at the first flash of his fury, would leaue me thunder-stricken vpon the ground, or at the last volley of his outrage, would batter me to dust, and ashes.
- To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible. At the expiration of this time, his lordship, who was already married, received a letter from his lady, who had been at the German Spa to drink the waters, intimating that she was on her return to England. This thunderstruck his lordship, who was sensible, that on her ladyship’s coming home, his new
noun thunderstrikes
- The striking of lightning.
Translations
Talk about this word "thunderstrike." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thunderstrike. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thunderstrike. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thunderstrike "thunderstrike." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thunderstrike.Cite this
@misc{thunderstrike_2026,
title = {thunderstrike},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thunderstrike},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
