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lightening (LIGHT uh ning) (verb)
To make something less heavy, difficult, or severe: Bill's friends were lightening his heavy load by carrying some of the packages to the car.

Jodie will be lightening your responsibilities by hiring another staff person.

lightning (LIGHT ning) (noun)
The discharge of electricity in the atmosphere: The thunderstorm was accompanied by a display of lightning that was somewhat frightening.

The sharp crack of lightning startled Pete so much that he dropped one of the boxes he was carrying; and so, accidentally lightening his load.

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(Greek: lightning; the Greek verb strapto means "to hurl")
(Greek: thunderbolt, thunder, lightning [literally, "smasher, crusher"])
(Latin: to shine, to flash, to glow, to burn; fulmi-, lightning, thunder forth, denounce; related to fulg-)
(Latin: lightning; flashing)
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lightning
An electrical discharge in the atmosphere.
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heat lightning
Cloud-to-cloud lightning, common in the summer, which occurs behind a cloud or below the horizon but lights up the surrounding clouds.

Usually no thunder is heard because of the distance from the observer.

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