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thunderstrike

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[thuhn-der-strahyk] / ˈθʌn dərˌstraɪk /

verb (used with object)

thunderstruck, thunderstruck, thunderstricken, thunderstriking

  1. Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.

  2. to astonish; dumfound.

Etymology

Origin of thunderstrike

1605–15; probably back formation from earlier thunderstricken (adj.); see thunder, strike

Example Sentences

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Meet Flora, travel with her, play the hypocrite, with smiles on my lips and hell in my heart,--or thunderstrike her at once with the truth;--what was I to do?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various

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