lightning strike

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.

   Blitzschlag, Blitzeinschlag

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

1. Lightning struck the tower.

   Блискавка вдарила у башту. — deniko

   ruМолния ударила в башню. — redscorp

   deDer Blitz schlug in den Turm ein. — Wolf

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2. Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.

   ruМолния никогда не ударяет в одно и то же место дважды. — odexed

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3. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

   ruМолния никогда не ударяет в одно и то же место дважды. — odexed

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4. Lightning does sometimes strike the same place twice.

   ruИногда молния попадает дважды в одно место. — marafon

   deManchmal schlägt der Blitz doch zweimal am selben Orte ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. Lightning struck the train Tom was riding on.

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