Both words in one sentence
- Fate Worse Than Death: Sunstreaker - In the coda, we find out his head is still somewhat active and his life flashing before his optics, over and over.
- Left 4 Dead 2 includes cars on some maps with active alarms that will go off if shot (with convenient flashing lights to let you tell them apart from the safe alarmless cars).
Source: That Poor Car -
It's black when unactivated, white when active, dim light when previously activated, flashing red and white with a siren when empty, and if the lives run out and another checkpoint is activated, the empty checkpoint turns black again and doesn't reactivate unless you reset the level.
Source: Video Game / LittleBigPlanet
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Flashing or Active. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/flashing.
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