Synonyms:
lightning
Meaning: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
Synonyms:
lightning
Meaning: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
Usage examples
The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo
"I've been struck by a lightning bolt!"
Lost like the lightning in the sullen clod
Like lightning the gallant pair made for the road.
Scorched with the lightning of momentary indignation
Go back at once!' and off they galloped like lightning.
Can't you see the guy's chain lightning on ball bearings?"
Thunder now peaked over her head, and lightning shot across the mountains.
Many others heard the shout, and the tidings ran like lightning through the town.
The same moment a terrible storm of thunder and lightning, wind and rain, came on.