flash over

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Verb[edit]

flash over (third-person singular simple present flashes over, present participle flashing over, simple past and past participle flashed over)

  1. To undergo flashing (ignition) throughout a space all at once.
  2. To undergo an unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator.

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