lightning synonyms

lightning

n.

electrical discharge, fulmination, streak of lightning, lightning flash, thunderball, thunderstroke, firebolt, thunderlight, thunderbolt, bolt, bolt from the blue; see also electricity 2.

Types of lightning include: ball, globular, chain, forked, heat, summer, sheet.

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