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forked lightning

noun

  1. a zigzag form of lightning Also calledchain 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


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But there’s such joy in writing conversation, especially when the voices of the characters take over and the words zigzag down the page like forked lightning.

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She brandished her spear, and forked lightning slashed through the monsters’ ranks; but as the hellhounds fell, more took their place.

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If the subsequent dart leader takes a slightly different route to the ground, so-called forked lightning results with the return stroke.

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A filthy strip of pigeon spikes runs across the top of a soot-covered car rental sign, while forked lightning strikes an urban skyline next to mini-mall signage exhorting passersby to find fast-food solace within.

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Face the east and between blasts of forked lightning the sky is midnight-black.

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