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lightning

noun

1 lightning

Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light.

Roget 274: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness etc. adj.; rapidity, eagle speed; expedition etc. (activity) 682; pernicity; acceleration; ... show more

Roget 420: light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil; sunbeam, moonbeam; aurora.    day; sunshine; light of day, light of heaven; ... show more

Roget 423: luminary; light etc. 420; flame etc. (fire) 382.    spark, scintilla; phosphorescence, fluorescence.    sun, orb of day, ... show more

Dutch: bliksem, bliksemflits, bliksemschicht, bliksemstraal, schicht
Polish: grom, piorun

2 lightning

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.

Dutch: bliksemflits, bliksemschicht, weerlicht, bliksem
Polish: błyskawica


Moby thesaurus: Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, antelope, arrow, ball lightning, blue darter, blue streak, bolt, bolt of lightning, cannonball, chain lightning, courser, dark lightning, dart, eagle, electricity, express train, fireball, firebolt, flash ... show more.

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