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Definition of Boltlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a bolt (mechanical fastener) or some aspect of one. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling a bolt (as of lightning) or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boltlike
1. resembling a bolt [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boltlike
Literary usage of Boltlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... the smell of dust and leather, the same boltlike rush of the enemy, the same
pressure on the weakest side of the square, the few minutes of desperate ..."
2. Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, Major-general, United States Army by Oliver Otis Howard (1908)
"He proposed to throw them boltlike upon our upper column when isolated near
Bentonville. Bentonville was then indeed a strategic and objective point for the ..."
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