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αστραπή — meaning in English

Astrapi

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English meaning

  • Blitzen name The eighth and last of Santa Claus's reindeer in traditional Christmas lore.
  • lightning adj Extremely fast, as if moving at the speed of an electrical flash in the sky.
  • thunderbolt noun A flash of lightning together with the crash of thunder that comes with it.

Senses

αστραπή is used for these senses in English:

  • Blitzen The eighth and last reindeer of Santa Claus.
  • lightning A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
  • lightning A discharge of this kind.
  • thunderbolt A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

lightning — full definition

  1. adj Extremely fast, as if moving at the speed of an electrical flash in the sky.
  2. verb To produce flashes of lightning during a storm.

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