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11Operation Lightning Strike — by Nick Pope, published in 2000, is the sequel to Operation Thunder Child although the novel can be read in isolation. PlotThe limited battles in the previous book give way to all out war, with the fate of Earth hanging in the balance. The theme… …
12lightning strike — noun 1. /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ straɪk/ (say luytning struyk) a hit from a bolt of lightning onto the ground, or onto an object on the ground or in the air. 2. /laɪtnɪŋ ˈstraɪk/ (say luytning struyk) a stoppage of work by employees with little or no warning to …
13lightning strike — noun Brit. a strike by workers at short notice, especially without union backing …
14lightning strike — noun (C) BrE a strike (=act of stopping work) without any warning …
15Strike — may refer to:Refusal to work or perform* Strike action, also known as a Walkout, a work stoppage by a corporation or public institution * General strike, a strike action by a critical mass of the labor force in a city, region or country *Church… …
16Lightning — This article is about the atmospheric electrical phenomenon. For other uses, see Lightning (disambiguation). See also: Lightning strike Lightning striking Atlanta, United States Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge (spar …
17Lightning rod — A lightning rod (USA) or lightning conductor (UK) is a single component in a lightning protection system. In addition to rods placed at regular intervals on the highest portions of a structure, a lightning protection system typically includes a… …
18Strike Gundam — This article is about a series of fictional mobile weapons from the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries.The GAT X105 Strike Gundam is initially designed by Junichi Akutsu and cleaned up by Kunio Okawara for the series Mobile Suit… …
19Lightning protection system — A lightning protection system is a system that protects a structure from damage due to lightning strikes, either through safely conducting the strike to the ground, or preventing the structure from being struck. Most lightning protection systems… …
20strike — strike1 W3S3 [straık] v past tense and past participle struck [strʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(hit with hand/weapon etc)¦ 3¦(thought/idea)¦ 4 strike somebody as (being) something 5¦(stop work)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(harm)¦ 8¦(something bad happens)¦ …
