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lightning strike en · NOUN

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

lightning never strikes twice in the same place (sense 1) · wildcat strike (sense 2)

Translations (17)

de Blitzeinschlag (event during an electrical storm) · el χτύπημα κεραυνού (event during an electrical storm) · nb lynnedslag (event during an electrical storm) · sv åsknedslag (event during an electrical storm) · nl blikseminslag (event during an electrical storm) · ar صَاعِقَة (event during an electrical storm) · de Blitzschlag (event during an electrical storm) · nn lynnedslag (event during an electrical storm) · ja いなずま (event during an electrical storm) · cmn 落雷 (event during an electrical storm) · sv blixtnedslag (event during an electrical storm) · hi वज्रपात (event during an electrical storm) · th ฟ้าผ่า (event during an electrical storm) · el κεραυνός (event during an electrical storm) · tr yıldırım (event during an electrical storm) · ang līeġetsliht (event during an electrical storm) · ro lovitură de trăsnet (event during an electrical storm)