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/θˈəndərstrˌək/ Listen

verb

Thunderstrike v. t. (past thunderstruck; past part. thunderstruck, thunderstrucken; pres. part. thunderstriking)

To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. (R.)

To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; rarely used except in the past participle. "drove before him, thunderstruck."

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Etymology of 'Thunderstruck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... thunderstruck, then instinctively she drew back and clung to the window in the vestibule to keep herself from falling, repeating those two words that she had just heard, not understanding, not wishing ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... were thunderstruck. A second boat! That meant someone abroad of whose presence they had ...

— The Wolf Patrol - A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts • John Finnemore

... stream, when, at that moment, a cannon-ball skimming the surface of the ground, broke both his legs. When the tidings of this misfortune reached the emperor, they put a stop to every thing—to discussion and action. Every one was thunderstruck; the victory of Valoutina seemed no longer to ...

— History of the Expedition to Russia - Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 • Count Philip de Segur

... or purpose of parting with his nephew, who was, moreover, very useful to him in many respects, was thunderstruck at this abrupt declaration of independence from a person whose deference to him had hitherto been unlimited. He recovered himself, ...

— Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott

... exclaimed a voice, in a low but most offensive tone—"alone? How uncommon"—Miss Aubrey for a moment seemed thunderstruck at so sudden and unprecedented an occurrence: then she hurried on with a beating heart, whispering to Margaret to keep close to her, and not to be alarmed. The speaker, however, kept pace ...

— Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. • Samuel Warren

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