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thunderbolt

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Noun

  1. A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
  2. An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
  3. Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
  4. A very powerful shot.
  5. A belemnite, or thunderstone.
  6. A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
  7. A daring or irresistible hero.

Verb

  1. To strike with a thunderbolt.
  2. To move swiftly and violently.

Proper noun

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

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