Brief and Flash

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Brief adjective - Lasting only for a short time.

Usage example: a brief flash of light

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Flash and brief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flash" instead the word "Brief" as an adjective or a noun.

Flash adjective - Lasting only for a short time.

Usage example: flash floods in the local area

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Brief and flash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brief" instead the word "Flash" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: flashy, flashed, flashing, flasher, flashback

original	original brief	original flash
single	single brief	single flash
small	small brief	small flash
big	big brief	big flash
Other adjectives: little, quick, odd, last, different.

brief audience

flash audience

The flash video to "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Virus Alert" contains a brief scene of a group of viruses doing this to steal someone's credit card identity.

Source: Totem Pole Trench
Also used in the anime, where the katakana representing the alternate reading flash for a brief moment onscreen before showing the kanji.

Source: Anime / Grenadier
In Resident Evil 5, if you throw down a flash grenade too close to where you're at, Chris will end up stunning himself as well, with a brief moment of Shell-Shock Silence accompanying it.

Source: Shell-Shock Silence

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