thunderclap

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New ideas had burst upon her like a thunderclap, and by them and by their reverberations she had been stunned.

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  1. noun A single sharp crash of thunder.
  2. noun Something, such as a startling or shocking piece of news, that is similar to a crash of thunder in suddenness or violence.

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  1. from Middle English thonder-clap; from thunder + clap.
 

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/ˈθəndərklæp/
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