The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

opening the door. 3 machine screw: Bolts can be tightened or
removed, unlike rivets. 4 roll, length: We sell only full
bolts of fabric. 5 lightning flash, thunderbolt, Formal
fulguration: One bolt travelled down the television aerial and
blew out the set. 6 bolt from or out of the blue. surprise,
shock, bombshell, bomb, blow, revelation, eye-opener, Colloq
shocker: The news of her resignation came like a bolt from the
blue. 7 shoot one's bolt. exhaust or use up one's resources,
Slang burn out, US poop out: He was fast early in the marathon,
but he'd shot his bolt long before the finishing line.
--v. 8 spring, dart, shoot off, take flight, run (away or off),
rush (off or away), break away, flee, decamp, abscond, escape,
fly, dash (off or away), Colloq skedaddle, scram, Brit scarper,
do a bunk, do a moonlight flit, US take a (run-out) powder,:
The youths bolted as soon as they saw the police. The couple in
room 315 bolted without paying their bill. 9 gulp (down),
swallow whole: When the bell rang, she bolted her breakfast and
ran out of the back door. 10 fasten, lock, latch, secure: Make
sure you bolt your door at night and don't let anyone in. 11
fix, attach, fasten, connect, make fast to: The motor must be
securely bolted to the workbench.
--adv. 12 bolt upright. erect, straight, rigidly, stiffly:
When her name was called, Penny sat bolt upright in her chair.
bomb n. 1 bombshell, shell, explosive: One of the bombs blew up the
school.
--v. 2 bombard, shell, batter, blow up: Last night the railway
station was bombed.
bombard v. 1 batter, bomb, shell: The artillery continued to bombard
the enemy with everything in their arsenal. 2 assail, attack,
assault, set upon; besiege: The Prime Minister was bombarded
with requests to amend the law.
bombast n. pretentious language, flatulence, bluster, show,
grandiloquence, magniloquence, hot air, bravado, boast,
boasting, Literary gasconade, rodomontade; Colloq puffery: The
speaker continued to bore the audience with his pompous bombast.
bombastic adj. high-flown, extravagant, pompous, grandiose,