thunderstroke

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"It is one of the mysteries of nature," he said in 1906, after his favorite daughter Susy died of meningitis at 24, "that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunderstroke like that and live."

From Time Magazine Archive

The child did not bow under this sudden blow of fate, which seemed to put an end to his existence ere it had well begun; he received the thunderstroke standing.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

This was a thunderstroke to the unfortunate cavalier.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

Every word was a thunderstroke to his heart.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay

This fell on the province with the power and rapidity of a thunderstroke; it made no cry, no movement; Bretagne expired.

From The Regent's Daughter by Dumas père, Alexandre