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Synonyms for lightning rod
light·ning rod
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lightning rodnoun
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lightning conductorlightning rodnoun
A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground and protects the building from damage by lightning
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lightning conductorlightning rodnoun
A person or thing that is a target for negative reactions and distracts criticism from another target.
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lightning conductor
Princeton's WordNet
lightning rodnoun
someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
Synonyms:
lightning conductorlightning rod, lightning conductornoun
a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning
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lightning conductor
How to use lightning rod in a sentence?
This is a lightning rod issue in the country right now and it is hugely emotional and polarizing. It is still unclear how it will connect with consumers.
I think trying to turn Wen into a target to cancel is ridiculous, 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.
You know this is part of a pattern that the right and the far-right and, frankly, the President is consistent with, he doesn't have another woman, Hillary Clinton or whoever else, to vilify anymore so they need to find another woman to kind of prop up and become a lightning rod.
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.
We're at a special point where America is finally coming to terms with its religious diversity. We're not just Christians, we're Muslims, Hindus, it shows President Obama is a lightning rod of the differing perceptions of what it means to be an American president.
Translations for lightning rod
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- bleskosvod, hromosvodCzech
- BlitzableiterGerman
- αλεξικέραυνοGreek
- fulmo vergoEsperanto
- pararrayosSpanish
- ukkosenjohdatinFinnish
- paratonnerreFrench
- շանթարգելArmenian
- parafulmineItalian
- 避雷針Japanese
- 피뢰침Korean
- bliksemafleider, donderroedeDutch
- lynavleiarNorwegian Nynorsk
- lynavlederNorwegian
- piorunochronPolish
- para-raiosPortuguese
- стрелочник, громоотво́д, козёл отпущенияRussian
- gromosvod, gromobran, munjobranSerbo-Croatian
- strelovodSlovene
- åskledareSwedish
- громовідвідUkrainian
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