electrical storm

noun

: thunderstorm

called also electric storm

Examples of electrical storm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The game begins with players skydiving onto an island where they are given an ax and must look for other weapons while avoiding an electrical storm. Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 Hannah acknowledged guests' frustrations when the park shuts down to wait out an electrical storm; rides and attractions close for 30 minutes after each lightning strike within 10 miles. Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023 Only a violent electrical storm could produce such an atmospheric uproar, the bureau said, and there had been no electrical storm that day. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2021 Seizures are like sudden electrical storms in the brain. Synphane Gibbs-Shelton, The Conversation, 11 July 2023 Late Monday, and early Tuesday, torrents of rain finally fell in Washington, amid the flickering lightning of a summertime electrical storm. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 July 2023 Finding out that Rabanne, who’d seemed as atmospheric as an electrical storm, had been a human being who actually walked the earth, came as a shock. Rich Cohen, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023 In a different motion piece, Wu simulated an electrical storm in Goblin Valley, Utah, but with perfectly straight strikes of light rather than the jagged bursts of lightning. Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 16 Jan. 2023 This disrupts the whole system, resulting in a chaotic electrical storm that throws the heart into spasms. Wendy Tzou, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of electrical storm was in 1843

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“Electrical storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrical%20storm. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

electrical storm

noun
: thunderstorm

called also electric storm

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