lightning
Extremely fast or suddenExtremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.
» The tree was struck by lightning.
Der Baum ist vom Blitz getroffen worden. — Sudajaengi
Der Blitz schlug in den Baum ein. — Melang
В дерево ударила молния. — Hellerick
В дерево вдарила блискавка. — rmdas
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1 senses(not comparable)Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.
молниено́сныйmolnijenósnyj
Examples
268 sentencesThe tree was struck by lightning.
В дерево вдарила блискавка. — rmdas
ruВ дерево ударила молния. — Hellerick
deDer Baum ist vom Blitz getroffen worden. — Sudajaengi
The tree in front of the library was struck by lightning.
У дерево перед бібліотекало вдарила блискавка. — deniko
ruВ дерево перед библиотекой ударила молния. — Selena777
deIn den Baum vor der Bibliothek hat der Blitz eingeschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.
Я в лікарні. У мене влучила блискавка. — deniko
ruЯ в больнице. В меня попала молния. — paul_lingvo
deIch bin im Krankenhaus. Ich wurde vom Blitz getroffen. — MUIRIEL
Tom was killed by lightning.
Фому вбило блискавкою. — shanghainese
ruТома убила молния. — kobylkin
deTom wurde vom Blitz erschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was hit by lightning.
Тома вдарила блискавка. — deniko
ruТома ударила молния. — marafon
deTom wurde vom Blitz getroffen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.
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Collocations
4 patterns- struck by lightning
- hit by lightning
- lightning struck
- by lightning and
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.