[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

thunderbolt \thun"derbolt`\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. something resembling lightning in suddenness and
      effectiveness.
      1913 webster

            the scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. vehement threatening or censure; especially,
      ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
      1913 webster

            he severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of
            excommunication.                      --hakewill.
      1913 webster

   4. paleon. a belemnite, or thunderstone.
      1913 webster

   thunderbolt beetle zool., 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
thunderbolt beetle arhopalus fulminans 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

thunderbolt
     n 1: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder syn: bolt,
           bolt of lightning
     2: a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a
        bombshell" syn: bombshell, thunderclap
see also:
bolt bolt of lightning bombshell thunderclap 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

71 moby thesaurus words for "thunderbolt":
   jupiter fulgur, thor, antelope, arrow, astonishment,
   ball lightning, blockbuster, blow, blue darter, blue streak, bolt,
   bolt of lightning, bomb, bombshell, cannonball, catch,
   chain lightning, courser, dark lightning, dart, eagle, earthshaker,
   electricity, express train, eye-opener, fireball, firebolt, flash,
   flying flame, forked lightning, fulguration, fulmination, gazelle,
   greased lightning, greyhound, hare, jet plane, joker, kicker,
   levin bolt, light, lightning, mercury, oak-cleaving thunderbolts,
   peripeteia, quicksilver, revelation, rocket, scared rabbit,
   sheet lightning, shocker, shot, staggerer, startler, streak,
   streak of lightning, striped snake, stroke of lightning, surprisal,
   surprise, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party,
   swallow, switch, thought, thunderball, thunderclap, thunderstroke,
   torrent, wind

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

thunderbolt, ga -- u.s. town in georgia
   population 2000:    2340
   housing units 2000: 1096
   land area 2000:     1.273892 sq. miles 3.299364 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.178161 sq. miles 0.461435 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.452053 sq. miles 3.760799 sq. km
   fips code:            76364
   located within:       georgia ga, fips 13
   location:             32.032111 n, 81.051733 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    thunderbolt, ga
    thunderbolt

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