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   thunderbolt

   /ˈθʌndəbəʊlt/

   noun

   • 1. a flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder. literary
   • ▪ a supposed bolt or shaft believed to be the destructive agent in a lightning flash, especially as an attribute of a god such as Jupiter or Thor. literary
   • ▪ used to refer to a very sudden or unexpected event or item of news, especially of an unpleasant nature: literary "the full force of what she had been told hit her like a thunderbolt"
   • ▪ a very fast and powerful shot, throw, or stroke: literary "Peacock slammed a thunderbolt past Beeney and then the keeper was beaten by Kelly's header"

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