Beacon and Shoot

Beacon

Beacon noun - Something that provides illumination.

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Shoot and beacon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shoot" instead a noun "Beacon".

Nearby Word: beaconing

Shoot noun - A branch of a main stem especially of a plant.

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Beacon and shoot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beacon" instead a noun "Shoot".

Nearby Words: shooting, shooter, shooed

single	single beacon	single shoot
small	small beacon	small shoot
huge	huge beacon	huge shoot
subtle	subtle beacon	subtle shoot
Other adjectives: new, final, last, literal.

Made of Explodium: The main deflector dish is charged with antimatter, which explains why the crew doesn't just shoot the interplexing beacon being built on top of it—if they miss the beacon and hit the dish instead, they'd blow up half the ship.

Source: Film / Star Trek: First Contact
The dives they shoot up in are, as you'd expect, completely disgusting and filthy, but the rest of Edinburgh isn't exactly portrayed as a cultural beacon either.

Source: Literature / Trainspotting
Fling Beacons used by the Oko shoot ships out at tremendous velocity and can be aimed anywhere, but the ships must either use another fling beacon to get home or slowboat it back.

Source: Faster-Than-Light Travel

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