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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 thunderplay

  Familiarity information: BOLT OF LIGHTNING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOLT OF LIGHTNING (noun)


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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