Thunderbolt vs Trauma - What's the difference?
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A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
(figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
* Dryden
Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
* Hakewill
(soccer) A very powerful shot.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=February 5
, author=Michael Kevin Darling
, title=Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton
, work=BBC
(paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
(heraldiccharge) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 14
, author=Steven Morris
, title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave
, work=Guardian
An event that causes great distress.
As nouns the difference between thunderbolt and trauma
is that thunderbolt is a flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder while trauma is any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.thunderbolt
English
Noun
(en noun)- the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war
- He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication.
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Derived terms
* thunderbolt beetleSee also
* thunderclaptrauma
English
(wikipedia trauma)Noun
(en-noun)citation, page= , passage=Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.}}