lightning attack

Example Sentences

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His mother wasn't on the boat and survived the lightning attack.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023

Last August, in a lightning attack, Ojukwu's forces swept westward out of Biafra and captured Nigeria's oil-rich Midwestern state.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lightning attack humiliated and outraged Britain, which instantly broke relations with Argentina.

From Time Magazine Archive

Executing a lightning attack so stealthy we didn’t even need the cover of night.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Instead of this, however, Kennedy opened the round with such a lightning attack that Walton was all abroad in a moment.

From The Head of Kay's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)