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  1. 1. n. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. Source: opted
  3. 3. vb. n. Lightening. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n:100 n. abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light n. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more Source: ecdict

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