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English Dictionary: thunderbolt by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      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[94]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 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)
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