Flash of lightning
Thunder and flash of lightning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thunder" instead a noun phrase "Flash of lightning".
Thunder
Thunder noun - A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning.
Flash of lightning and thunder are semantically related. You can use "Flash of lightning" instead a noun "Thunder".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Niemann tells him that he'll never get out, he answers that he will, which is then punctuated by a flash of lightning combined with thunder.
Source: Film / House of Frankenstein -
The next, there is a flash of lightning, a roll of thunder (from the wrong direction) and there are two... One of them is a 24th Century Ridiculously Human Robot.
Source: Lightning Reveal - Judging by the continuing growl of thunder and the occasional flash of lightning, it wouldn't be clearing any time soon.
Source: Fanfic Recs / RWBY Shipping Fics
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