Synonyms of the word thunderclap


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thunderclap

  • n. A sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to reverberating…

bombshell

  • n. a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact.
  • n. something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
  • n. (by extension) someone who is very attractive (compare sex symbol).

surprise

  • n. Something not expected.
  • n. (attributive) Unexpected.
  • n. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
  • n. (obsolete) A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
  • v. (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
  • v. (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
  • v. (intransitive) To cause surprise.
  • v. (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
  • v. (transitive) To take unawares.

thunder

  • n. The sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
  • n. A sound resembling thunder; especially, one produced by a jet airplane in flight.
  • n. A deep, rumbling noise.
  • n. An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
  • n. (obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
  • n. (figuratively) The spotlight.
  • v. To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; often used impersonally.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.
  • v. (intransitive) To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
  • v. (transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
  • v. To produce something with incredible power.

thunderbolt

  • n. A flash of lightning accompanied by an instant crash of thunder.
  • n. (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
  • n. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
  • n. (soccer) A very powerful shot.
  • n. (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
  • n. (heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them,…

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