lightning strike

English

Lightning strike (sense 1)

Noun

lightning strike (plural lightning strikes)

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.
(British) A (sometimes unofficial) strike by workers with little or no warning.

Related terms

(sense 1) lightning never strikes twice in the same place
(sense 2) wildcat strike

Translations

event during an electrical storm

Arabic: صَاعِقَة f (ṣāʕiqa)
Dutch: blikseminslag (nl) m
Greek: κεραυνός (el) (keravnós), χτύπημα κεραυνού (chtýpima keravnoú)
Japanese: いなずま (ja)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lynnedslag n

Nynorsk: lynnedslag n
Old English: līeġetsliht m
Romanian: lovitură de trăsnet (ro) f
Swedish: blixtnedslag (sv) n, åsknedslag n
Thai: ฟ้าผ่า (th) (fáa-pàa)

References

“lightning strike”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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