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Downstrike

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lightning strikenounA 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.
thunderboltnounA flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
boltnounA (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
lightningnounA flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
lightning boltnounA single, visible discharge of lightning.
thunderstrokenounthunderbolt
strokenounAn act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
knockdownnounAn act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
fulminant(especially medicine) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.
thunderlightnoun(rare, nonstandard) Lightning; a bolt or flash of lightning.
groundburstnounThe explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
lighteningnounThe act or result of making something light or lighter.
bangnounA sudden percussive noise.
thundernounThe loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
fork lightningnounLightning that contains bolts that branch.
ten-strikenoun(bowling, dated) A strike; the knocking down of all ten pins with one delivery of the ball.
kerchunknounA sudden heavy blow or thump.
a quick drop and a sudden stopnounAlternative form of a short drop and a sudden stop [(idiomatic) A fall to one's death by hanging.]
thunderburstnounA burst of thunder.
thunderclapnounA sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike; a shock of thunder, as opposed to a reverberating rumble.

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