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View synonyms for lightning conductor

lightning conductor

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A metal airframe is designed to work as its own lightning conductor.

In England, the first lightning conductor upon a church was not put up until 1762, ten years after Franklin's discovery.

The little cylinder was a lightning conductor to lead away the danger from a vital part.

In what other place does the sword of a Spanish captain, Mondragone, serve as a lightning-conductor, as at Wemeldingen?

They only felt resentment and indignation at Fate, which was their scapegoat and lightning-conductor.

Are you tired of travelling with me and my Lightning Conductor?

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