electrical storm
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3.2
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl stɔrm/
:
tormenta eléctrica
- The picnic was canceled due to the electrical storm that swept through the area, bringing heavy rain.
- a violent electrical storm
- the electrical storm last night
Well, it was supposed to land in Chicago, and there was this electrical storm.
- Well, it was supposed to land in Chicago, and there was this electrical storm.
Examples
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This raging electrical storm went on for more than ten minutes.
Blog text (10) -
Monarchs migrate thousands of miles through all kinds of weather, including ferocious electrical storms, every year.
Blog text (1) -
An electrical storm is in full swing.
Fiction book (1993) -
Electrical storm up ahead of us, sir.
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Wasn't that the night of that big electrical storm?
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That night, a severe electrical storm knocked out the power during our meeting with the Haiphong writers.
Fiction book (1991) -
It appears we've caught the edge of that electrical storm.
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As launch time approached on the night of 11 August 1977, an electrical storm moved into the Cape Kennedy area, delaying the launch for an hour.
Academic text (1991) -
Electrical storms raced across the country, leaving devastation and damaged power grids in their wake.
Blog text (4) -
We stayed indoors during the electrical storm because of the loud thunder and bright lightning.
Synonyms
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1.0
A violent weather event with heavy rain, strong winds, and lightning
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1.0
A storm with thunder and lightning that often has heavy rain or hail
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3.8
A short rainstorm with thunder and lightning
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3.7
A storm with loud thunder and bright lightning, often with heavy rain or hail
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Combining 'electrical' (relating to electricity) with 'storm' (a violent disturbance or cluster) yields a readily inferable image of an intense electrical disturbance; with the example context 'in his heart' a B1 learner would likely understand it refers to strong or repeated electrical activity in the heart. However, the specific clinical meaning — a rapid clustering of severe arrhythmias requiring urgent treatment — is a specialized medical sense that goes beyond everyday compositional inference, so the expression is not fully predictable.
Etymology
Electrical storm paints a picture of a storm full of electrical flashes and loud thunder, where lightning lights the sky. That's why it means 'a storm with a lot of lightning and thunder'.