Alternating
Alternating adjective - Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.
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Synonyms for Alternating
Switch is a synonym for alternating. In some cases you can use "Switch" instead a verb "Alternating".
Switch
Switch verb - To give up (something) and take something else in return.
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Synonyms for Switch
Alternating is a synonym for switch. Sometimes you can replace term "Alternating" with "Switch", this verbs are similar.
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It was published weekly until September 6th 1941, when wartime paper shortages forced it to switch to fortnightly, alternating with The Beano.
Source: Comic Book / The Dandy -
The back of the US box◊ for the game boasted about how he's fast enough to switch off the lights and get out of the room before it turns dark and how he has more alternating current than the electric company.
Source: Mascot with Attitude - The cutscene did show the laser alternating between two modes (where the only difference that could be seen was between green and purple beams, big deal), but how was anyone supposed to know to wait for the beam to switch over to "purple mode" (the vacuum) before killing the last Space Pirate?
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