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Meaning of lightning strike | Babel Free

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

العربية صاعقة
Bosanski raž
Deutsch Blitzschlag
Ελληνικά κεραυνός
Suomi salamanisku
हिन्दी वज्रपात
Hrvatski raž
日本語 いなずま らいげき 落雷
Kurdî raz
Nederlands blikseminslag
Polski raz
Română lovitură de trăsnet
Српски raž
Svenska åsknedslag åskslag blixtnedslag
ไทย ฟ้าผ่า
Türkçe yıldırım

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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