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fulguration
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synonyms: coruscation, scintillation ???
tags: [archaic] [rare]
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Definition:a flash of light
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My eyes ranged far over a large space lit by a violent fulguration. In fact, the mountain was a volcano.
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Paris has an Æsop-Mayeux, and a Canidia, Mademoiselle Lenormand. It is terrified, like Delphos at the fulgurating realities of the vision; it makes tables turn as Dodona did tripods.
Victor Hugo. Les Misérables
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