Synonyms for lightning

Often, during a thunderstorm a tree had been hit by lightning.

Andrew went on with his lightning summary of the things he passed.

The action is as quick as thought, and thought is as quick as lightning.

She looked young to be a doctor, he decided, after that lightning survey.

A change swift as lightning had come over me, a sudden exultation.

He had seen something like a heavy flash of lightning in the fog.

The flashes of lightning were incessant, and nearly blinded me.

I saw him but a moment, by means of a flash of lightning, and I think he must have seen me.

No, not all: but you overpower me with your wit; and I cannot stand the 'lightning of your eyes.'

It fell as lightning falls, swift, keen, dazzling the eyes of all who watched.