Beam and Flare

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Beam

Beam verb - To emit rays of light.

Usage example: a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s

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Flare is a synonym for beam in flash topic. In some cases you can use "Flare" instead the word "Beam" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like shine, lamp.

Nearby Words: beaming, beamed, beamy

Flare

Flare noun - The steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible.

Usage example: in the darkness the flare of a single match might be seen by enemy troops

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Beam is a synonym for flare in thing topic. Sometimes you can use "Beam" instead the word "Flare" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as lamp.

Nearby Words: flaring, flared

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pure	pure beam	pure flare
similar	similar beam	similar flare
short	short beam	short flare
standard	standard beam	standard flare
Other adjectives: single, small, bright, powerful, massive, large, enormous, horizontal, new, final, deadly, mysterious, next, double, giant, resulting, incoming.

Both words in one sentence

They send up a flare, and are rewarded with the sudden beam of a fishing boat's floodlight.

Source: A Light in the Distance
In another Star Trek novel, a Betazoid scientist loses his wife during a routine transport to another transporter station on Betazed due to an unpredictable solar flare that scrambles the beam.

Source: Teleporter Accident
Each weapon in the games ranges from beam sabers, homing daggers, a spread gun, flare guns and more.

Source: Video Game / Lethal Crisis

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