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Definition of Thunderstrike
1. v. t. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning.
Definition of Thunderstrike
1. [v -STRUCK, -STRICKEN, -STRIKING, -STRIKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunderstrike
Literary usage of Thunderstrike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poet Lore (1898)
"Moreover, the stanza beginning ' The armaments which thunderstrike the walls,'
etc., was not in the original draft, but was added last of all. ..."
2. Ohio Educational Monthly by Ohio Education Association (1886)
"Again: "The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of ... comprehends the strength
in armament, the majesty of thunderstrike, the size of leviathan, ..."
3. The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher: A Journal of Education by Ohio State Teachers Association (1886)
"Again: "The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding
nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals; The oak leviathans, ..."
4. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"Astonish is literally 'to thunderstrike' (L. ex- and tonare, 'to thunder'), and
was once common in the physical sense of ' stun,' as when Fluellen ..."
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