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View synonyms for sheet lightning

sheet lightning

noun

  1. lightning appearing merely as a general illumination over a broad area, usually because the path of the flash is obscured by clouds.


sheet lightning

noun

  1. lightning that appears as a broad sheet, caused by the reflection of more distant lightning
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sheet lightning

/ shēt /

  1. A broad, sheetlike illumination of a portion of a thundercloud, caused by an unseen, often internal or reflected lightning flash.
  2. See also heat lightningSee more at lightning


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheet lightning1

First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences

She’d harvested wheat in Montana, watching the entire sky flash with sheet lightning.

Anyway, if the tornadoes don’t suck the air out of your lungs and toss you like a rag doll, and if the swarm of nails doesn’t go through you like shotgun pellets, there’s still the sheet lightning.

At the top of the stairs, I spot some sheet lightning in the distance, which is one of my favorite kinds.

Last month, I was anchored with Cat in Sardinia when monstrous winds rushed in with thunder and sheet lightning illuminating the full filmic horror of it.

"I've never seen a storm with such frequent lightning in my life I don't think. Mostly sheet lightning and not too loud but flashes are spectacular."

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