bolt of lightning

Noun

Meaning

a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

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Examples

There. She had thanked Sebastian. She waited for a bolt of lightning to shoot out of the clouds and striker her dead. But nothing happened. Cassandra Clare

You always think that a bolt of lightning is going to strike and your parents will magically change into the people you wish they were, or back into the people they used to be. Nora Ephron

He has the attention span of a bolt of lightning. Paul Newman

The uniformity of the earth's life, more astonishing than its diversity, is accountable by the high probability that we derived, originally, from some single cell, fertilized in a bolt of lightning as the earth cooled. Lewis Thomas

But Cassandra Cain proves herself by reaching the staff, shouting the Wizard's name, and becoming instantly empowered by a bolt of lightning. Source: Internet

A scientist named Chris was hit by the same bolt of lightning that resulted in Barry Allen getting his power, but instead of speed, develops a connection with the time stream. Source: Internet

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