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Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (thunderstruck; -struck; also thunderstricken; thunderstriking) Date: circa 1586 1. to strike dumb ; astonish <was thunderstruck at the news> 2. archaic to strike by or as if by lightning

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thunderstrike Thun"der*strike`, v. t. [imp. Thunderstruck; p. p. Thunderstruck, -strucken; p. pr. & vb. n. Thunderstriking.] 1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle. drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.