Why this word is great
THUNDERSTROKE — [Noun] A violent strike of lightning attended by the immediate, shattering concussion of thunder. Formed within English by compounding the nouns thunder (a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash) and stroke (an act of striking, especially a sudden blow or impact). Unlike "thunderbolt," which carries the mythic weight of a divine projectile, or "lightning strike," which clinically isolates the silent electrical event, thunderstroke names the full, indivisible cataclysm: the flash and the crash as one terrible unit. It is the dendritic crack that severs the sky, the percussive shudder felt in the sternum, and the heavy, ozone-laced silence that follows—a perfect, brutal reminder that in nature, cause and effect are often the same moment.