lightning strike

noun

British : a strike by workers that is done very suddenly

: an occurrence of something being hit by lightning

The forest fire was caused by a lightning strike.

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The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt. —

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025 Multiple times a night, Universal also will simulate a lightning strike on the courthouse’s clock tower to complete the scene. —

Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025 Detecting red flags Last July, an algorithm used by Pano A.I. detected smoke from a lightning strike that caused a remote high-risk fire on Bennett Mountain in Douglas County, California. —

Anna Fiorentino, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025 Its ceiling once featured 39 Rubens paintings, which were destroyed in a 1718 fire caused by a lightning strike. —

Nina Siegal, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for lightning strike

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