Beam and Spread

Beam

Beam verb - To emit rays of light.

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Spread and beam are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spread" instead the word "Beam" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: beaming, beamed, beamy

Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.

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Beam and spread are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beam" instead the word "Spread" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

full	full beam	full spread
standard	standard beam	standard spread
green	green beam	green spread
single	single beam	single spread
Other adjectives: small, powerful, actual, massive, large, big, huge, horizontal, narrow, white, new, gigantic, larger, double, wide, wider.

In Xenosaga, KOS-MOS's most popular weapon, the X-Buster, is a spread-beam laser cannon fired from her stomach.

Source: Beam Spam
Episode 22 of the second season the bad guys spread a cloud across the entire battlefield which prevents the use of beam weapons.

Source: Macross Missile Massacre
During the "Galaxy Song", the standard cosmic grid morphs into a pregnant woman with legs spread, impregnated by a beam of light as sperm.

Source: Film / Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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