Synonyms for thunderbolt
ˈθʌn dərˌboʊltthun·der·bolt

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1. thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightningnoun

   a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

   Synonyms:
   bolt, thunderclap, bolt of lightning, dash, bombshell, deadbolt

2. bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclapnoun

   a shocking surprise

   "news of the attack came like a bombshell"

   Synonyms:
   thunderclap, bombshell, bolt, bolt of lightning

Matched Categories

1. • Lightning
   • Surprise

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1. List of paraphrases for "thunderbolt":

   bombshell, lightning

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1. Seán O'Casey:

   The flame from the angel's sword in the garden of Eden has been catalyzed into the atom bomb; God's thunderbolt became blunted, so man's thunderbolt has become the steel star of destruction.

2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

   Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.

3. President Barack Obama:

   And then sometimes there are days like this, when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.

4. John Brown:

   Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.

5. Barack Obama:

   Progress on this journey often comes in small increments, sometimes two steps forward, one step back, and then sometimes, there are days like this when that slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.