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lightning

noun as in electrical discharge

Strong matches

Weak match

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“It was hilarious and effective, and as fast as lightning that made its way around the Upper East Side chattering classes,” securities lawyer Richard Farley said of the ad.

Ten months after Assad was ousted from power last December, in a lightning rebel advance, mass graves are still being uncovered.

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Left alone, chaparral typically burns every 30 to 130 years, historically due to lightning strikes.

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Ecuador had taken the lead in the 24th minute when veteran striker Enner Valencia burst clear in a lightning counter-attack by the South Americans.

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Americans will observe Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, a day that has become a lightning rod of controversy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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