lightning strike

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lightning strike (plural lightning strikes)

  1. A lightning bolt, stroke of lightning, one of the events during an electrical storm when lightning strikes (an object on) the ground or an aircraft in flight.
  2. (British, idiomatic) A (sometimes unofficial) strike by workers with little or no warning.

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