Thunderstrike
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The striking of lightning.
- 1 To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning. archaic, transitive
"[…] 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."
- 2 To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible. archaic, figuratively, transitive
"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 mistress must decamp."
Example
More examples"[…] 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."
Etymology
From thunder + strike.
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