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BOLT OF LIGHTNING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bolt of lightning mean?
• BOLT OF LIGHTNING (noun)
The noun BOLT OF LIGHTNING has 1 sense:
1. a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Familiarity information: BOLT OF LIGHTNING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
bolt; bolt of lightning; thunderbolt
Hypernyms ("bolt of lightning" is a kind of...):
lightning (abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light)
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