electrical stormnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪˌlek.trɪ.kəl ˈstɔːm/us/ɪˌlek.trɪ.kəl ˈstɔːrm/UK also electric storma storm with thunder and lightning
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Precipitation: stormy weather
- blow
- blow up
- bolt
- cyclone
- funnel cloud
- gale-force
- hailstorm
- hurricane
- ice storm
- lightning
- rainstorm
- sheet lightning
- snowstorm
- squall
- stormy
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- thundery
- twister
- typhoon
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Examples from literature
- A succession of electrical storms which for days had swept the countryside in rapid succession apparently had come to an end.
- In this wonderful photograph of an electrical storm note the long branched and undulating flashes of lightning.
- The approach of an electrical storm causes many of them to lose their self-control: herds of cattle often stampede just preceding a cyclone.
- Watches are often affected by electrical storms such as we have experienced of late, states a science journal.