lightning strike

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lightning strike

noun lightning strikes

  1. 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.
  2. UK, idiomatic A (sometimes unofficial) strike by workers with little or no warning.

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noun event during an electrical storm

日本語いなずま
中文落雷 luòléi
हिन्दीवज्रपात vajrapāt
DeutschBlitzschlag, Blitzeinschlag
Ελληνικάκεραυνός keravnós, χτύπημα κεραυνού chtýpima keravnoú
Românălovitură de trăsnet
العربيةصَاعِقَة ṣāʕiqa

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@misc{lightning_strike_2026,
  title = {lightning strike},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lightning%20strike},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}