lightning stroke


noun
  1. a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage

  2. vet science sudden death due to being struck by lightning, esp of cattle, horses or sheep

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How to use lightning stroke in a sentence

  • Either he had met death willingly, or it had come to him without warning, like a lightning stroke.

    Through the Wall | Cleveland Moffett
  • Two hundred years ago Agayentah, a wise and honored member of the Seneca tribe, was killed here by a lightning-stroke.

  • She was like some little brilliant bird of paradise flung to the ground by a lightning stroke.

    What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
  • A lightning stroke so near and sharp that I fancied I could hear the hiss was accompanied by a savage thunder-clap.

    The Rise of Roscoe Paine | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • His having called the death of his darling his lightning-stroke must have been the origin of the report that he died of lightning.