lightning rod English

Meaning lightning rod meaning

What does lightning rod mean?

lightning rod

— noun someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another

— noun a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning

Synonyms lightning rod synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as lightning rod?

lightning rod English » English

lightning conductor

lightning arrester

scapegoat

punching bag

lightning protector

Topics lightning rod topics

What do people use lightning rod to talk about?

Universe, creation Sky Weather

Lightning, thunder

• What do people use to protect themselves from lightning?
  lightning rod

Examples lightning rod examples

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News and current affairs

NAFTA became a lightning rod for complaints about globalization, capitalism, and the decline of organized labor.

Ahn has already become a lightning rod for all of the country's anti-Park and anti-President Lee Myun-bak forces, attracting young people as well.

Certainly, few observers looking in 1978 at the smoldering embers of the Cultural Revolution, or at the seeming ruination of the post-1989 years, thought China would emerge as the lightning rod of the world's developmental hopes.