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Splinter :: Splinter (n.) To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree..

Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning..

Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.

Fulgurate :: Fulgurate (v. i.) To flash as lightning.

Keraunograph :: Keraunograph (n.) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.

Storm :: Storm (n.) A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not..

Fulmine :: Fulmine (v. t.) To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.

Thunderproof :: Thunderproof (a.) Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.

Thundercloud :: Thundercloud (n.) A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder..

Foulder :: Foulder (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder..

Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning..

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.

Thunderstorm :: Thunderstorm (n.) A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.

Hurricane :: Hurricane (n.) A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. Also used figuratively..

Fulgurite :: Fulgurite (n.) A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge..

Paratonnerre :: Paratonnerre (n.) A conductor of lightning; a lightning rod.

Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..

Thundershower :: Thundershower (n.) A shower accompanied with lightning and thunder.

Thunder :: Thunder (n.) The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

Rend :: Rend (v. t.) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak..

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