Meaning

4 senses
  1. A single, visible discharge of lightning.

    Blitz

  2. A conventional representation of a lightning bolt as a zigzag line.

  3. A conventional representation of a lightning bolt in heraldry or in artistic depictions of thunder gods, for example as a winged and barbed torch.

  4. (figuratively)Something that shocks or energizes, especially something that does so suddenly.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Lightning bolts have a huge electrical charge.

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  2. What is the difference between a lightning bolt and a lightning flash?

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  3. If looks could kill, there would be lightning bolts coming from her eyes.

    deWenn Blicke töten könnten, würden Blitze aus ihren Augen schießen!

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  4. I saw a lightning bolt.

    ruЯ увидел молнию.

    deIch habe einen Blitz gesehen.

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  5. The lightning bolt struck here.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
single visible lightning discharge:

Forms

plural: lightning bolts
Singularlightning bolt
Plurallightning bolts

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

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