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lightning strike

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

lightning talk lightning war lightning, bolt Lightninged lightningly Lightnings

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