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Meanings of lightning storm in English

A storm caused by strong rising air currents and characterized by thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain or hail.

Synonyms
Examples for "thunderstorm"
Examples for "thunderstorm"
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Watches: Severe thunderstorm expected in places over the central parts of Limpopo.
The South African
2
He had called Fran today just after the first thunderstorm had begun.
The stand
3
There still is a risk of thunderstorm activity, especially in the afternoon.
Independent.ie
4
The night grew wild and stormy; a thunderstorm broke over the hill.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
5
It was a night in June, the night of the great thunderstorm.
Lewis Rand
1
Saturday will be mostly clear; not a rain storm and thundershower in sight.
The South African
2
Free State: Partly cloudy and warm to hot, with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
The South African
3
Free State: Cloudy and cool to cold with widespread showers and thundershowers.
The South African
4
Free State: Partly cloudy, windy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
The South African
5
Free State: Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
The South African
1
Ninety five per cent of electrical storm activity takes place between clouds.
The Irish Times
2
By the way, there's an electrical storm supposed to come through tonight.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
3
Patients who experienced electrical storm had a significantly higher risk of death.
Pubmed
4
This is the very worst electrical storm we've had this whole summer.
The Heart of Arethusa
5
The parishioners were burned somehow, a massive electrical storm in the brain.
Map of bones
Usage of lightning storm in English
1
This must be a wonderful place in a thunder and lightning storm.
Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers; Or, The Secret of Phantom Mo...
2
A big lightning storm came around 4 a.m. and hit the house.
Reuters
3
However, the plane hit a terrifying lightning storm, and lost contact.
Radio NZ
4
Eyewitnesses said the plane was forced down in a lightning storm.
The man who ate the 747
5
And what good was being stuck up a tree in a lightning storm?
Heir of Fire
6
Up ahead, there's a lightning storm of activity propagating down axons.
Wired
7
What should you do in the middle of a lightning storm?
Radio NZ
8
His skimmer... had to wait while the lightning storm died down.
The Hyperion Cantos
9
Helplessly, he watched the lightning storm move further and further away.
Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
10
A lightning storm pulsed and flickered silently within the clouds off to the south.
Earth strike: star carrier: book one
11
On the bad side, the wire has reminded me of the oncoming lightning storm.
Catching Fire
12
There was a bluish spark like a small lightning storm, and a thunderous roar.
Act of will
13
More like an old man's niece and a lightning storm.
Beautiful creatures
14
A dazzling bolt of electricity strikes a towering tree and then a lightning storm begins.
Catching Fire
15
Now he remembered where he had heard of "a lightning storm in space."
Star trek movie tie-in
16
There was a lightning storm the day Lawson tried to retrieve her at the restaurant.
Shadowlight