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Damnum fatale
for which bailees are not liable. Among fatal damages were included by the civilians losses by shipwreck, by lightning or other casualty, by superior force, and by robbery, but not by theft, Story on Bailments, 471
Act of God
1977. The expression 'act of God' signifies the operation of natural forces free from human intervention, such as lightning, storm etc. It may include such unexpected occurrences of nature as severe gale, snowstorms, hurricanes, cyclones, tidal waves
Sideflash
A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency as lightning and neighboring masses of metal or between different parts of the same conductor
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Shatter
explosion shatters a rock or a bomb too much steam shatters a boiler an oak is shattered by lightning
Rend
force or sudden violence to tear asunder to split to burst as powder rends a rock in blasting lightning rends an oak
Foulder
To flash as lightning to lighten to gleam to thunder
lechatelierite
A naturally occurring colorless glass made of almost pure silica and found in fulgurites which are produced by lightning striking sand
Keraunograph
A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere
Hurricane
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
Fulgurate
To flash as lightning
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