lightning conductor

British  

noun

1. a metal strip terminating in a series of sharp points, attached to the highest part of a building, etc, to discharge the electric field before it can reach a dangerous level and cause a lightning strike

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Example Sentences

“Dominic is a lightning conductor” who will try to move fast and break things, he said, adding: “Johnson is a swashbuckler, and so is Dominic.”

From Washington Post

A culture ministry statement said the citadel’s lightning conductor, which is set apart from the 2,500-year-old marble buildings, was hit.

From Washington Times

On internet chatrooms and in online debates, he is a ubiquitous reference point, a lightning conductor in many contemporary social and intellectual disagreements.

From The Guardian

As such, Stone acts as a lightning conductor, channeling the legal peril posed by Mueller deep into the heart of Trump’s inner circle.

From The Guardian

You hear of microphones being hit by lightning; and the scaffolding around the stage is basically a lightning conductor.

From BBC