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Bolt of lightning   /boʊlt əv lˈaɪtnɪŋ/   Listen
Bolt of lightning

noun
1.
A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.  Synonyms: bolt, thunderbolt.






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"Bolt of lightning" Quotes from Famous Books



... grandpap?" The old man waved her back. "Git back inter the house," he commanded shortly. "No—stay whar you air. When do you two aim to git married?" Had a bolt of lightning flashed through the narrow sunlit space between him and them, the pair could not have been more startled, blinded. Mavis flushed angrily, paled, and wheeled into the house. Gray rose in physical response to the physical threat in the old man's tone and fearlessly met the ...
— The Heart Of The Hills • John Fox, Jr.

... imagine that such vast and powerful phenomena as a bolt of lightning or the flood of a river were mere impersonal things. Some one—somewhere—must be their master and must direct them as the engineer directs his engine or a captain steers ...
— Ancient Man - The Beginning of Civilizations • Hendrik Willem Van Loon



Words linked to "Bolt of lightning" :   lightning, bolt



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