lightning speed

collocation in English

meaningsoflightningandspeed

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lightning
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/us
/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
a flash of bright light in the sky that is produced by electricity moving between clouds or from clouds to ...
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speed
noun
uk
/spiːd/us
/spiːd/
how fast ...
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(Definition oflightningandspeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflightning speed

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The rebels were tried and sentenced withlightningspeed.
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Through dissimulation, surprise andlightningspeed, the guerrillas succeeded in pulverising them.
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The change in the administration may seem to have happened atlightningspeed, but in reality the tone began to change several months back.
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People now travel atlightningspeed.
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The challenges we face may be the gravest for generations, and they are evolving atlightningspeed.
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Medicine is advancing atlightningspeed.
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The scale of this advance is atlightningspeed.
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It is a world in which our forces must be able to move atlightningspeed, both in and out of conflicts.
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We are seeing something that is equivalent to the canal, road and rail systems being developed atlightningspeed, but people are feeling left out along the way.
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An organisation through which, in such cases, a blow can be struck withlightningspeedand with probable success has, it is stated, fortunately long been ready.
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He avoided television, which he called a dreadful fire that burns withlightningspeed.
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He also walks at alightningspeed.
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With theirlightningspeedand incredible team chemistry they were almost unstoppable.
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Her suppleness and absolute control of muscle and thelightningspeedof her movements leave one gasping.
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If the danger does not go away, it will dart inside atlightningspeed.
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He weighs 155 pounds, is built low, has a powerful pair of shoulders and his dashes are characterized bylightningspeed.
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Swimming past the creature is not an option, as it moves withlightningspeed.
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They can predict the future, change shape, and move atlightningspeed.
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Possessinglightningspeedand great positional sense she was a prolific scorer.
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