thundershock
nounEtymology From thunder + shock.
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A sudden burst of thunder, a thunderclap; any similarly loud and sudden noise; a sudden, severe shock.
- The old Town Clock, / Like a distant thundershock, / Heard and gone, / Striking One!1851, William Dana Emerson, The Old Town Clock: Occasional Thoughts, in Verse, page 97:
- The disappointment of some was almost like a thundershock.1895, William Taylor, Story of my Life, page 158:
3 more examples
- Every time a home is destroyed, the whole nation suffers a severe thundershock.1962, Louis Hadley Evans, Your Marriage: Duel Or Duet?, page 13:
- The simultaneous presence of fluid motions and abundant particles in the solar nebula make charge separation (and hence lightning discharges and their accompanying thundershocks) a likely but at the present time speculative phenomenon.1989, R. G. Prinn; B. Fegley, Jr., “Solar Nebula Chemistry: Origin of Planetary, Satellite and Cometary Volatiles”, in S. K. Atreya, James B. Pollack, Mildred Shapley Matthews, editors, Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres, page 86:
- Reading about the life of St. Francis of Assisi had sent a thundershock to Julia's psyche.2011, Sergio Troncoso, From This Wicked Patch of Dust, page 63:
- Related terms
- thunderbolt