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Levin :: Levin (n.) Lightning.

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..

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

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..

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..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash..

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..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.

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

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

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

Ceraunoscope :: Ceraunoscope (n.) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.

Meteoromancy :: Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans..

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

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

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

Fulgury :: Fulgury (n.) Lightning.

Fulgurating :: Fulgurating (a.) Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating pains accompanying locomotor ataxy.

Paragrele :: Paragrele (n.) A lightning conductor erected, as in a vineyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms..

Lightning :: Lightning (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers..

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