I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ ball , forked , sheet
▪
Forked ~ flickered across the sky.
▪ heat ( esp. AmE )
▪ greased ( figurative )
▪
He jumped out of the car like greased ~ ( = very fast ).
… OF LIGHTNING
▪ bolt , flash , streak
▪
A bolt of ~ struck the roof of the building.
LIGHTNING + VERB
▪ flash
▪
Lightning flashed outside.
▪ illuminate sth , light sth , light sth up
▪
Lightning lit up the night sky.
▪ hit sb/sth , strike sb/sth
▪
Lightning hit the tree.
▪
He was struck by ~.
LIGHTNING + NOUN
▪ bolt , flash
▪ storm
▪ conductor ( BrE ), rod ( AmE )
▪ strike ( AmE )
▪
Lightning strikes caused scores of fires across the state.
PHRASES
▪ thunder and ~
II.
adj.
Lightning is used with these nouns: ↑ pace , ↑ reaction , ↑ reflex , ↑ sketch , ↑ speed , ↑ strike