forked lightning

noun

1. a zigzag form of lightning Also calledchain lightning

Example Sentences

It played around him like forked lightning, and blinded him.

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It has also been held to symbolize light or the god of light, of the forked lightning, and of water.

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I will dart my arrows of forked lightning among your towns, and send the warring tempests of winter to devour you.

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The certainty of this shot through brain and body like forked lightning and seemed to sear her flesh.

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From the conception of the “dagger”, there is, of course, but a short step to that of the forked lightning.

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