| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | blinding flash | прозрение (slayer044) |
| nano | blinding flash | ослепляющая вспышка |
| gen. | blinding flash | ослепительная вспышка (Blinding flash over Kyiv was probably meteor, says Ukraine space agency. A mysterious flash which lit up skies over Ukraine's capital on Wednesday night generated much speculation. Officials in Kyiv initially suspected it was a Nasa satellite falling to Earth but the US space agency told the BBC it was still in orbit.  bbc.com ART Vancouver) |
| sec.sys. | flash blinding | ослепление вспышкой (света) |
| med. | flash blinding | ослепление вспышкой |
| uncom. | light dawned with a blinding flash | меня осенило (and the penny dropped with a deafening crash – авторское (LB) 4uzhoj) |