thunderbolt

Converse of object

• hurl: The thunder spirits had even less success in trying to hurl thunderbolts at him.
• unleash: Kay Foster unleashed a thunderbolt into the top corner from 35 yards to open the scoring for Brache.
• strike: The Cameroon striker pulls away from Campbell, turns and strikes a left-footed thunderbolt.
• hit: Koller opened the scoring after just five minutes with a powerful header, before Arsenal new-boy Tomas Rosicky hit a thunderbolt from 30-yards.
• send: My men disregarded all warnings and sacrificed his cattle, so back at sea Zeus sent a thunderbolt that smashed the ship.
• throw: When you reach Drax he'll throw a few thunderbolts at you.

Converse of subject

• destroy: These were destroyed by a miraculous thunderbolt before Catherine was harmed, but she was eventually beheaded with a sword.
• kill: A person being struck by lightning was therefore thought to have been killed by a thunderbolt.

Adjective modifier

p-47: The airfield was occupied by the 352nd Fighter Group, They used P-47 Thunderbolts until converting to P-51 Mustangs in April 1944.

Modifies a noun

• shot: This turned to gasps of disbelief and then a roar of acclaim as the thunderbolt shot crashed into the far corner of the net.
• fall: Then something snapped in your soul, and you let God's thunderbolt fall.

Noun used with modifier

RAF: During the air battles leading to the re-capture of Rangoon, RAF Thunderbolts flew fighter escort missions with RAF Liberator bombers.

Preposition: of

steel: The other begins: The time has come for thunderbolts Of steel from the sky.

Preposition: from

• yard: On 78 minutes, Hyde's top scorer Simon Yeo blasted his 14th goal of the season with a thunderbolt from 25 yards.
• sky: It hit us like a thunderbolt from the clear blue sky.