Beam
Flash
Flash verb - To shoot forth bursts of light.
Usage example: the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award
Beam is a synonym for flash in thing topic. You can use "Beam" instead the word "Flash" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as blaze, shimmer, glimmer, light up.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| full | full beam | full flash |
| long | long beam | long flash |
| similar | similar beam | similar flash |
| brief | brief beam | brief flash |
| Other adjectives: short, green, single, visible, simple, small, bright, large, big, huge, blue, white, new, mysterious, primary, next, double, pink, magical, nuclear. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- While it didn't outright destroy planets, Project Armageddon was designed to fire a beam that flash-froze entire planets.
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Beam of Enlightenment: When someone resolves a case (not only Conan, but also Heiji and/or Kogoro), there's an onscreen flash shaped as a light beam.
Source: Manga / Detective Conan -
In Gundam shows, the Beam of Enlightenment signifies a Newtype's danger sense going off, and is generally referred to as the "Newtype flash" by fans.
Source: Beam of Enlightenment
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