thundershock

English

Etymology

thunder +‎ shock

Noun

thundershock (plural thundershocks)

1. A sudden burst of thunder, a thunderclap; any similarly loud and sudden noise; a sudden, severe shock.
   • 1851, William Dana Emerson, The Old Town Clock: Occasional Thoughts, in Verse, page 97:

     The old Town Clock, / Like a distant thundershock, / Heard and gone, / Striking One!

   • 1895, William Taylor, Story of my Life‎^[1], page 158:

     The disappointment of some was almost like a thundershock.

   • 1962, Louis Hadley Evans, Your Marriage: Duel Or Duet?‎^[2], page 13:

     Every time a home is destroyed, the whole nation suffers a severe thundershock.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 2011, Sergio Troncoso, From This Wicked Patch of Dust‎^[3], page 63:

     Reading about the life of St. Francis of Assisi had sent a thundershock to Julia's psyche.

See also

• thunderbolt