lightning stroke
Britishnoun
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a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
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vet science sudden death due to being struck by lightning, esp of cattle, horses or sheep
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Can you remember any other college team that passes this intricately, defends this beautifully, plays this unselfishly, and gets the ball down the court after a steal or missed basket with such a lightning stroke of blurry ballet?
From Seattle Times
The wire invented by the sceptic Franklin defends the crosses on our churches from the lightning stroke of heaven.
From Project Gutenberg
He was kind, compassionate, and tender, and could not fall upon his knees before a cruel and revengeful God—he could not bow to one who slew with famine, sword and fire—to one pitiless as pestilence, relentless as the lightning stroke.
From Project Gutenberg
A lightning stroke of one of her shapeless fore-paws, and Tipperary was free.
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He was an expert in hunting the shy wood-mice, lying patiently in wait for them beside their holes and obliterating them, as they came out, with a lightning stroke of his great paw.
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