English

Verb

thunderstrike ‎(third-person singular simple present thunderstrikes, present participle thunderstriking, simple past thunderstruck, past participle thunderstricken)

1. (transitive) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Philip Sidney to this entry?)

2. (transitive, figuratively) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible.
   • Milton

     Drove before him, thunderstruck.