Synonyms for lightning
ˈlaɪt nɪŋlight·ning

Princeton's WordNet

1. lightningnoun

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

2. lightningnoun

   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

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1. • Atmospheric Electricity
   • Flash

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1. List of paraphrases for "lightning":

   flash, thunderbolt, lightening, lightyear, thunder

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1. Clifford V. Villalon:

   A flood can come at anytime without warning. A lightning can strike without a caution. An earthquake can shake mountains and divide the lands without a sign. Only faith is stable, if and when you have it.

2. Benjamin Levine:

   The risk of being struck by lightning is about the same.

3. Makoto Moore:

   This thunderstorm will produce all of the hazards of a normal thunderstorm : lightning, gusty and erratic winds, precipitation, etc., except much or all of the activity is hidden by the smoke column, firefighters on the ground may have very little warning before strong gusty winds sweep across an area.

4. Art Caplan:

   I consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure.

5. Donald Graham:

   We've got an accumulation of vegetation. Our area was burned 50-70 years ago and it has not burned since, and at some point it will burn, it just needs a few things to come together, a few dry years and some lightning and neither of those are peculiar to the Australian landscape.