lightning rod in English

noun
1
a metal rod or wire fixed to an exposed part of a building or other tall structure to divert lightning harmlessly into the ground.
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1. We have to have a lightning rod.

2. How about you toss the lightning rod and get in?

3. Franklin's electrical experiments led to his invention of the lightning rod.

4. To ascribe or attribute (something) to someone: The invention of the lightning rod is Accredited to Franklin.

5. To ascribe or attribute (something) to someone: The invention of the lightning rod is Accredited to Franklin.

6. To ascribe or attribute (something) to someone: The invention of the lightning rod is Accredited to Franklin

7. 24 It was like a lightning rod that drew to itself all the negative impulses of a hyperactive time.

8. Do you think it's possible that... that this family can't survive without some sort of lightning rod to absorb all the dysfunction?

9. Skilling's arrogance(Sentencedict.com ), belligerence and lack of contriteness under questioning made him a lightning rod for the rage generated after Enron sought bankruptcy protection in 200

10. The Brink won't change many minds about its subject, but it remains a compelling -- if perhaps difficult to watch -- look at a divisive ideological lightning rod

11. The reason for the Candelabra's creation is also unknown, although it is most likely a representation of the trident, a lightning rod of the god Viracocha, who was seen in mythology throughout South America.