Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thunderstriking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck};
p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thunderstriking}.]
1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;
-- rarely used except in the past participle.
drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.
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