Synonyms:
bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap
Meaning: a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
Synonyms:
thunderbolt, bolt, bolt_of_lightning
Meaning: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Usage examples
THE SECOND THUNDERBOLT.
But the thunderbolt has fallen.
These last words fell on Mousqueton like a thunderbolt.
Do not play with the thunderbolt they have laid aside for a moment, but which they can take up again instantly, if you attempt to intercept their movements."
And as he did so a thunderbolt struck his soul. A man, a heavy, ordinary man, with a composed indifferent face, and a prosaic sort of uniform, with a row of buttons, blocked his way.
"My dear," said her aunt, when the door was closed, "I want to ask you whether you would like me to ask Mr. Morton to come here while you are with us?" A thunderbolt at her feet could hardly have surprised or annoyed her more.
Here, to make their peace with the authorities, they told all they knew of the position and purposes of their countrymen at Fort Caroline, and thus was forged the thunderbolt soon to be hurled against the wretched little colony.
The hymn, which bears the name of the Sakvari¯ song, was believed to embody the might of Indra's weapon, the thunderbolt; and hence, on account of the dreadful and dangerous potency with which it was thus charged, the bold student who essayed to master it had to be isolated from his fellow-men, and to retire from the village into the forest.