thunderbolt

noun

1. 1

   A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

2. 2

   An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.

3. 3

   Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.

4. 4

   A very powerful shot.

5. 5

   A belemnite, or thunderstone.

6. 6

   A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.

7. 7

   A daring or irresistible hero.