thunderbolt

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

Our quiuering Lances ſhaking in the aire, / And bullets like Ioues dreadfull Thunderbolts, / Enrolde in flames and fiery ſmoldering miſtes, / Shall threat the Gods more than Cyclopian warres, […]

And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like the falling of thunderbolts [...] and the runes in Alveric’s far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark of the wood, amongst branches severed from disenchanted trees, with a blow like that of a thunderbolt riving an oak-tree, Alveric slew him.

An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.

News of the actress’s death came as a thunderbolt to her fans.

the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war

Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.

a thunder-bolt of warre Striking all Nations

A very powerful shot.

Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton.

A belemnite, or thunderstone.

To strike with a thunderbolt.

To move swiftly and violently.

A computer interface standard for connecting devices, combining PCI Express, DisplayPort and DC power in one connector.