lightning strike
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Noun
[edit]lightning strike (plural lightning strikes)
- A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.
- (British) A (sometimes unofficial) strike by workers with little or no warning.
Related terms
[edit]- (sense 1) lightning never strikes twice in the same place
- (sense 2) wildcat strike
Translations
[edit]event during an electrical storm
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References
[edit]- “lightning strike”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.