I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at/with lightning speed (= very quickly )
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He moved with his usual lightning speed.
flash of lightning
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A flash of lightning lit up the night sky.
forked lightning
lightning bug
lightning conductor
lightning rod
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The senator has become a lightning rod for criticism.
lightning strike
sheet lightning
struck by lightning
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The temple burned down after it was struck by lightning last year.
struck by...bolt of lightning
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There’s not much left of his house after it was struck by a bolt of lightning .
thunder and lightning
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Rain fell steadily for an hour, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
white lightning
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bolt
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The skies darkened and lightning bolts split the sky.
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The fingerboard is rosewood with the somewhat imposing lightning bolt inlays which share the blue livery chosen for this particular model.
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The lightning bolt hit the house in Kingsteignton, south Devon, but no-one was hurt, said police.
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Stay on the left and let it come up close, jumping over its lightning bolts in the process.
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They exploded against her like lightning bolts .
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We'd been struck by a lightning bolt .
conductor
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I ... Is there a point to lightning conductors ?
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Franklin had also been invited to advise Glasgow University in the matter of a lightning conductor .
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Glasgow's first lightning conductor drank the power of creation and waited for more.
flash
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As I found out later, a metal necklace he was wearing had taken the full brunt of the lightning flash .
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In the distance I can hear the rumble of thunder and see lightning flash from cloud to cloud.
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Friend's triumph flared like a lightning flash .
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I see those lightning flashes again, colors striking.
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Thunder rolled up from his chest, and lightning flashes glittered in his eyes.
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It was like that endless moment, Sabine thought, between the lightning flash and the first crackle of thunder.
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This fortuitous cooperation of lightning flashes and motor car exhausts was producing results in fairly populated areas at night.
rod
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One of the summer associates in another firm told me that a partner there had proved a real lightning rod for trouble.
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Since then, she has become a lightning rod for a national debate on immigration.
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It was like a lightning rod that drew to itself all the negative impulses of a hyperactive time.
speed
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Having fallen in love with each other, the couple are now setting up home together at lightning speed .
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They darted with lightning speed after one another.
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Some of these fellas are several screens high, yet they zip around at lightning speed !
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Time was, not everyone had access to moving things at lightning speed , with neither brakes nor checks.
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The application was, of course, dismissed with lightning speed .
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They were looking for food, of course, and would suddenly plunge downwards at lightning speed when they spotted something.
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We have acquired a reputation as the dumping ground with lightning speed .
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He moved with his usual lightning speed , slapping her brutally across the face.
storm
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As news of the shooting spread, Overtown exploded like tinder in a lightning storm .
strike
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Energy was released into the building by a lightning strike .
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The tactic was the old reliable one: the lightning strike .
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Owing to the random nature of lightning strikes , it is unlikely that lying down offers any protection.
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As with most valuable electronic equipment, surge protection is recommended against possible lightning strikes and power surges.
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Holly's hand moved, the lightning strike of the cobra.
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I believe that there was a lightning strike on the car.
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Gilbert waited for the lightning strike that would finally find them, and began to babble a hopeless prayer.
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The probability of my inviting a lightning strike in any particular minute is also very low.
■ VERB
hit
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As far as we're concerned, you became a new identity the moment you were hit by blue lightning .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bolt of lightning
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A bolt of lightning ripped it open, and the light was followed closely by a deep rumble of thunder.
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A few bolts of lightning and clouds of smoke later, Turbo was born!
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Another bolt of lightning struck behind him, and Eugene felt the air seared into ozone on either side of him.
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Atop a mountain he slew his daughter, then was im-mediately struck dead by a bolt of lightning.
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But then he also once dodged a bolt of lightning.
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Her thoughts crystallised with the suddenness of a bolt of lightning.
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It was like a bolt of lightning knocked me out of bed and threw me to the floor.
fork of lightning
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Suddenly a huge fork of lightning hit the tree.
like greased lightning
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They expect the bill to move through Congress like greased lightning.
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The following passage exemplifies, for Rees, macho characteristics: Clogger moved like greased lightning.
streak of lightning/fire/light etc
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A streak of lightning split the sky.
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Sometimes there is hope, a streak of light, a blur on a piece of film.
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The three women were wreaking havoc with their guns that fired streaks of light.
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There was another streak of lightning overhead.
stroke of lightning
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A flash of lightning lit up the whole sky.
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There was a great summer storm, with thunder and lightning and heavy rain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another bolt of lightning struck behind him, and Eugene felt the air seared into ozone on either side of him.
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Atop a mountain he slew his daughter, then was immediately struck dead by a bolt of lightning .
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Expect thunder, expect lightning , expect country and blues and rock and expect him to offer the unexpected, too.
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Overhead, lightning flickered frequently as the static electricity accumulating in the ash cloud discharged.
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The rumbling becomes louder and is interspersed with flashes of lightning as the sky blackens.
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When a flash of lightning lit up the sky to the south we decided we'd better go now!
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In his prime, Brown was a lightning quick running back.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carville saw the campaign as a lightning war.