Definition of lightning

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Lightning (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers..

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Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..
Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..
Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning..
Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth..
Enfouldred :: Enfouldred (a.) Mixed with, or emitting, lightning..
Thundercloud :: Thundercloud (n.) A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder..
Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
Fulgurating :: Fulgurating (a.) Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating pains accompanying locomotor ataxy.
Leven :: Leven (n.) Lightning.
Keraunograph :: Keraunograph (n.) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
Fulgury :: Fulgury (n.) Lightning.
Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash..
Lightning :: Lightning (vb. n.) Lightening.
Thundershower :: Thundershower (n.) A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning..
Levin :: Levin (n.) Lightning.
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..
Rend :: Rend (v. t.) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak..
Lightning :: Lightning (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers..
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