lightning strike

== English == === Noun === lightning strike (plural lightning strikes) A 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. (UK, idiomatic) A (sometimes unofficial) strike by workers with little or no warning. ==== Related terms ==== (sense 1) lightning never strikes twice in the same place (sense 2) wildcat strike ==== Translations ==== === References === “lightning strike”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Further reading === lightning strike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia