Word after hot or lightning Crossword Clue

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Word after hot or lightning Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a square rod of land
2. a gangster’s pistol

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WORD (noun)
1. the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
2. information about recent and important events
WORD (verb)
1. put into words or an expression
LIGHTNING (noun)
1. abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
2. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

Hint 3: Anagram

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