electrical storm

noun

Updated on: 12 Apr 2018

Definition of electrical storm

: thunderstorm — called also electric storm

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Recent Examples of electrical storm from the Web

The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— rob hodgetts, CNN, "Sydney to Hobart race 2017: 5 things to know about sailing's offshore classic," 22 Dec. 2017
In 1977, a boy (Oakes Fegley) who has become deaf in an electrical storm seeks his father.

— ben kenigsberg, New York Times, "Fall 2017 Movie Release Schedule," 8 Sep. 2017

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